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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, Housewifery Expands to Fill the Time Available.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Housework was specially suited to what kind of girls?
(a) Able-minded girls.
(b) Feeble-minded girls.
(c) Intelligent girls.
(d) Attractive girls.

2. The most challenging and time consuming tasks of housework can be handled in capacity by a(n) ______________.
(a) Eleven-year-old child.
(b) Eight-year-old child.
(c) Nine-year-old child.
(d) Highly intelligent woman.

3. In regards to both of Freud's main theories, what does it say about his cultural upbringing?
(a) All of these.
(b) He thought that women were meant to be taken advantage of.
(c) He thought women were meant to be as slaves.
(d) Women were considered inferior.

4. What does Mrs. Freidan question in regards to Freudian thought?
(a) Its therapy.
(b) Its use.
(c) It's practicality.
(d) Its truth.

5. What was the name of the life adjustment course given to eleven- to thirteen-year-old girls?
(a) The Quick Chick.
(b) How To Date.
(c) The Slick Chick.
(d) How to Get Married Fast!

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the identity of women determined?

2. What did Mrs. Friedan decide to go looking for in this chapter?

3. Why is the "Career Woman" not a good market to sell to?

4. How did the labor saving appliance work?

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

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