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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. How is spinsterhood viewed?
(a) As a noble sacrifice.
(b) As an awesome responsibility to the nation.
(c) As a respected way of life.
(d) As a personal tragedy.

2. What was the new sexual problem in marriages?
(a) The women had a desire to have more and more children.
(b) The women found themselves frigid and unable to be aroused.
(c) The women had no sexual appetite.
(d) The women had more of an appetite than their men could satisfy.

3. 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.

4. What was interesting to note about women who didn't consider housework their fulltime job?
(a) They completed it faster than those that did.
(b) They didn't undergo extensive psychotherapy.
(c) They seemed a lot more fulfilled.
(d) They didn't do as much housework as those that did.

5. What did Margaret Mead's work persuade women to do?
(a) Give up their femininity in exchange for their humanity.
(b) Pursue an education despite the potential cost of family life.
(c) All of these.
(d) Give up their humanity in exchange for their femininity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of pharmaceuticals were women taking?

2. The strongest sexual pleasures are found in ______ ______ _____ .

3. By what percent did the rate of teenage mothers increase between 1940 and 1957?

4. What instrument did men in Bali use?

5. What is the "great mistake of Western Culture"?

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