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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which female executive is quoted as saying she hopes companies can treat "career-and-family women" more leniently than "career-primary" women?
2. In 1989 which Ivy League university commissioned a survey that confirmed the findings of the Fortune magazine research on female MBA students "bailing out"?
3. All of the following are researchers on the Harvard-Yale marriage study EXCEPT:
4. In 1987, what does NBC identify as the possible "yuppie disease of the '80s"?
5. Which of the following magazines uses the Harvard-Yale study to sell minis?
Short Essay Questions
1. Select at least three media outlets and discuss how they work with the backlash to use relationship "scare tactics" to fight against the feminist movement.
2. Briefly explain the series of events that occur after the New York Times announces a "back-to-the-home trend" in 1980 based on six Ivy League undergraduates.
3. According to survey responses, women believe they need equal pay, the right to abortions, and decent childcare. Discuss how reforms in those areas would impact women's lives.
4. During the 1988 television season, many female characters joke about being like June Cleaver. What point are they making by claiming this analogy?
5. In the book, Faludi highlights the following three shows: All in the Family, Maude, The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Explain what point Faludi makes by highlighting these three shows.
6. The CBS hit show Cagney and Lacey deals with the serious issue of the unmarried character, Cagney, becoming pregnant. Summarize Faludi's perspective on the manner in which this issue is resolved?
7. Summarize three ways in which Felice Schwartz affects the feminist movement.
8. What is the purpose of the book Backlash: The Undeclared War against American Women?
9. After Reagan is elected president, many changes occur in the political arena that affect the feminist movement. Discuss three of these changes and how they affect the fight for women's rights.
10. Chronicle the evolution of Ms. magazine in the 1980s.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast the careers of Margarita Levin, Sylvia Ann Hewlett, and Betty Friedan.
Essay Topic 2
The fight for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was a long and bitter one according to Faludi's account of the issue. In your own words, summarize the stages of the fight. Discuss the implications this amendment would have had on the nation and its workforce.
Essay Topic 3
Identify three to four ways in which the feminist movement can be used to improve the circumstances of women, men, and families in our society.
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