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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Forfeited Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do women participate in politics according to "Women's Home Companion" September 1955?
(a) They desire change in government.
(b) Politics is a topic for which both parties can share.
(c) It concerns their home and husband.
(d) They pay attention to political parties.

2. What should an education do?
(a) Increase mental capacity.
(b) Help people to figure out what it is they want from life.
(c) Broaden outlook on the world.
(d) None of these.

3. Housework presents _______________.
(a) No difficulty to the adult mind.
(b) A significant challenge.
(c) An interesting job description for American women.
(d) I don't know.

4. What is considered "phallic activity"?
(a) Holding ones' genitals.
(b) Things that normally pertain to men.
(c) None of these.
(d) All of these.

5. What lesson could girls not help but learn in college between 1945 and 1960?
(a) How to take your career seriously.
(b) How to cater to your mans needs.
(c) How not to get interested in anything but getting married and having kids.
(d) How to take care of yourself as an individual.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why couldn't women study physics?

2. What does Mrs. Freidan question in regards to Freudian thought?

3. What is a compliment to a woman in the act of creation of a child?

4. Which statement best fits the main problem?

5. What is the first age that the crisis hits?

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