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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Faludi, surveys show which of the following types of women ranking highest in mental health?
(a) Homemakers.
(b) Students.
(c) Professionals.
(d) Mothers.

2. The New Right select which of the following adjectives to describe feminism?
(a) Insipid.
(b) Timely.
(c) Unrelenting.
(d) Satanic.

3. The Price's use all of the following accommodations to a feminist lifestyle except which of the following?
(a) Susan does not complete her professional studies to become a therapist.
(b) They use babysitters and nursery schools and Susan is content.
(c) Susan does not want to be a homemaker, over Stephen's objections.
(d) Susan puts Stephen through graduate school.

4. Select the woman who becomes a popular Christian speaker and broadcaster, and in 1978 publishes The Spirit-Controlled Woman, calling on fundamentalist women to overcome passivity and develop a public voice--all by and for Jesus.
(a) Phyllis Schlafly.
(b) Beverly LaHaye.
(c) Faith Whittlesey.
(d) Connaught ("Connie") Marshner.

5. Beverly LaHaye founds Concerned Women for America (CWA); her husband Tim LaHaye is co-founder of which organization?
(a) Free Congress Foundation.
(b) Moral Majority.
(c) Heritage Foundation.
(d) Young Americans for Freedom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Part 3, "Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers," begins by looking at "The Politics of Resentment: The ___________ War on Women."

2. What is Carol Gilligan's criticism of Lawrence Kohlberg's six-stage ladder?

3. Faludi identified which of the following books as the most widely quoted and influential feminist work in the 1980s?

4. In 1988, at every level, writes Faludi, women candidates above the state legislature are at record low numbers and those who run generally lose. What does Faludi blame for this trend?

5. According to Faludi, the pay gap in 1986 is actually what?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Faludi, why are men like John Willke and Randall Terry engaged in the fight against abortion.

2. Why is it an important fight for the women to challenge the use of the word masochism in Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM))?

3. Faludi writes that many fundamentalist preachers fear feminism because it threatens their status. Identify and explain the reasons she gives for this fear.

4. Summarize the case of Angela Carder.

5. Michael Levin and his wife Margarita Levin are highlighted as examples of a couple who espouse anti-feminist views while benefiting from feminist thoughts and perspectives. In what ways does Faludi believe this is seen in their lives?

6. Discuss the history of the term masochism and how it has been used to label women. Explain how the American Psychiatric Association considers adding this term to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1985.

7. How does Sylvia Ann Hewlett attack and affect the ERA?

8. Discuss at least two of the implications of the fetal protection movement.

9. Chronicle the life of Connaught ("Connie") Marshner after she leaves college.

10. The media is highlighted as a field in which women see some of the worst progress. What evidence does Faludi use to support her claim?

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