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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. All of the following are listed for reasons for newspapers cutting available jobs except:
(a) Declining circulation.
(b) Unchanging market share.
(c) Falling ad lineage.
(d) Mergers.

2. According to Faludi, abortion is legal in every state:
(a) Since colonial times.
(b) Until women's rights becomes an issue in the mid nineteenth century.
(c) All of the above.
(d) And is supported by a majority of women.

3. In the 1980s, Faludi makes the point that women are marginalized and can ask for childcare and parental leave only if they forego seeking all of the following except:
(a) Equal pay.
(b) Reproductive freedom.
(c) Health care.
(d) Educational opportunity.

4. In the summer following the 1988 election, which women's organization held a conference at which a motion passes to discuss a third political party?
(a) Women's Agenda Conference.
(b) Concerned Women for America.
(c) Eagle Forum.
(d) National Organization for Women.

5. Faludi suggests that Western European "social feminists" have a better record with childcare and maternity leave because of which of the following?
(a) Europeans are more in tuned with the needs of women.
(b) The American feminist movement has been undercut by the backlash.
(c) Postwar European governments must rebuild their populations.
(d) The European feminist movement is more effective in attaining its goals.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Price's use all of the following accommodations to a feminist lifestyle except which of the following?

2. Who does Faludi cite as the most famous feminist to retract her views?

3. The antiabortion message is championed by which of the following teams?

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

5. Which book shows Reagan's influence in criticizing the welfare state and pushing volunteerism and individual responsibility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the Sears, Roebuck, and Co. battle with the EEOC?

2. Provide a chronological discussion of how women and feminists battle against the American Psychiatric Association as it considers adding the term masochism to its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) in 1985.

3. 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))?

4. 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?

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

6. 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?

7. 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.

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

9. Summarize the case of Angela Carder.

10. Identify two of the books listed in this chapter that focus on women getting married. Explain why the focus of these books is not helpful to women.

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