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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, The Crisis of Woman's Identity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why couldn't Betty read a word of the science that had once almost been her life's calling?
(a) It was too painful because she had given it up.
(b) She was angry about giving it up.
(c) She had no interest in it.
(d) She had no time for the study following kids.

2. How was the career driven woman vanquished from the population?
(a) She was portrayed as evil.
(b) She was denied the ability to have children.
(c) She was shown as being disdainful.
(d) She was shown as being a bad person.

3. The younger generation was consumed with the only aspiration of ____________________.
(a) Being a good mother.
(b) Being a housewife.
(c) Being an independent women.
(d) Getting a quality education.

4. How many hours did the average housewife sleep, but still found themselves tired?
(a) Eight hours a day.
(b) As much as ten hours a day.
(c) As much as twelve hours a day.
(d) Nine hours a day.

5. Where are the chains to the housewives' trap located?
(a) In their own mind and spirit.
(b) Within in the confines of wife and motherhood.
(c) In their own relationships with those around them.
(d) Within the walls of their homes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does a daughter see "don't become a housewife like me"?

2. What terrifies the seventeen-year-old girl?

3. How much money did the magazine offer to those who submit their problems to promote it?

4. What requires increased glamorization every year?

5. How is the identity of women determined?

(see the answer key)

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