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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what percent did the rate of teenage mothers increase between 1940 and 1957?
(a) 165%.
(b) 166%.
(c) 164%.
(d) 120%.

2. What is the second step in finding oneself as a woman?
(a) None of these.
(b) To understand that you will face scrutiny of your peers.
(c) To realize that the road isn't easy, but it is rewarding.
(d) To realize marriage is over glorified by the feminine mystique.

3. What have psychiatrists used to cure neurosis in the past?
(a) They used electroshock therapy.
(b) They tried to fit them into a culture.
(c) They used brainscans to monitor the changes in the patient.
(d) They tried to help them debase their own potential.

4. What reason is not given for women who possess a low dominance personality in regards to leadership?
(a) They are afriad of responsibility.
(b) They don't want to be at the forefront of anything.
(c) They feel incompetent.
(d) They don't believe its possible to be a woman and lead.

5. What was the common thread between all the women that Mrs. Friedan interviewed?
(a) They all weren't fulltime housewives.
(b) They all had found fulfillment outside of the home.
(c) They all had passions and knew what they wanted.
(d) All of these.

6. What was to be capitalized on in order to keep selling products?
(a) Desire to get the best clean.
(b) None of these.
(c) Guilt over the hidden dirt.
(d) Fear of exposure to deadly bacteria.

7. How did women seek to fill the void that their lack of self created?
(a) Both of these.
(b) They turned to their husbands.
(c) They turned to their children.
(d) Neither of these.

8. What must women do to avoid the dehumanization of their children?
(a) Grow up and have interests outside of being a wife and mother.
(b) Cling to their husbands.
(c) Cling more to their children.
(d) Live deeper within the feminine mystique.

9. Why is it easier to live through someone else as opposed to finding yourself?
(a) There are many problems to be faced with the family.
(b) It is frightening.
(c) There is a lot of criticism.
(d) None of these.

10. Who was always blamed for the neurosis of men?
(a) Their mothers and wives.
(b) Their sisters and brothers.
(c) Their education and ambitions.
(d) Their jobs and careers.

11. What is needed to put an end to the housewives' lack of fulfillment?
(a) A co-operative union of housewives to fund the return to education.
(b) The installation of some courage into the average American housewives.
(c) None of these.
(d) A national education program for women who want to seriously continue their education.

12. What does Professor Maslow say about the words "feminine" and "masculine"?
(a) They are necessary to segregate the sexes.
(b) They don't jive with his studies and aren't considered practical.
(c) They are an abbhoration on the human spirit and character.
(d) They are misleading.

13. When did Professor Maslow begin his study of the relationship between sexuality and the "dominance" feeling?
(a) In the 1930s.
(b) In the 1920s.
(c) In the 1940s.
(d) In the 1950s.

14. What is inextricably linked to a woman's sexual satisfaction and emotional stability?
(a) Autonomy.
(b) Duality.
(c) None of these.
(d) Passivity.

15. What was the real cause of feminism and women's frustration?
(a) The lack of appreciation for the housewife's role.
(b) The emptiness in the housewife's role.
(c) All of these.
(d) The lack or respect gained for the housewifes role.

Short Answer Questions

1. Housework was specially suited to what kind of girls?

2. Housework presents _______________.

3. If education has made American women feel trapped, frustrated and guilty as housewives, it is surely a sign that ___________________________.

4. What was really difficult to sell?

5. How do women find enjoyment in being a woman?

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