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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the name of femininity women are encouraged to ______ human growth.
(a) Supercede.
(b) Decrease.
(c) Pursue.
(d) Evade.

2. What doesn't work together to produce femininity?
(a) Penis envy.
(b) Deficient female anatomy.
(c) Parents.
(d) Society.

3. How many children did Sojourner Truth claim to have?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Five.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

4. Why are the girls at college?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of those.
(c) To get an education.
(d) To fulfill their sexual function.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what would Martha take refuge?

2. What became a dirty word?

3. What was interesting about the lives of all of the women within the mystique?

4. What does Professor Maslow say about the words "feminine" and "masculine"?

5. What is the most powerful perpetuator(s) of the feminine mystique?

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