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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first step in finding oneself as a woman?
(a) To seek guidance from others that have gone before you.
(b) To say unequivocally "no" to the feminine mystique.
(c) To answer the question "who am I?".
(d) To balance home and career.

5. Which mothers were more sure of themselves?
(a) Chinese mothers.
(b) Russian mothers.
(c) American mothers.
(d) Japanese mothers.

6. What two things are at the very heart of the feminine mystique?
(a) Noncommitment and lack of self.
(b) Deception and lack of self.
(c) Noncommitment and vicarious living.
(d) Lack of self and vicarious living.

7. If education has made American women feel trapped, frustrated and guilty as housewives, it is surely a sign that ___________________________.
(a) American women shouldn't attatch to children and husband.
(b) American women have outgrown the housewife role.
(c) American women should stay at home.
(d) American women shouldn't be educated.

8. What did the feminists see most clearly?
(a) That the outdated view of feminine behavior would lead to social deterioration.
(b) All of these.
(c) That women were equal in the necessary fight for individuality.
(d) That education and the right to participate in advanced society were what was most needed.

9. Out of twenty-five women, how many were serious enough to write a resume to improve their lives?
(a) Five.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

10. What should be the goal of every normal woman?
(a) "To be an independent buyer".
(b) "To shop unscrupulously".
(c) "The art of being a great housewife".
(d) "The art of good homemaking".

11. How did the image of sex change?
(a) Men were sexually chasing women.
(b) Men had appetites women couldn't fill.
(c) Women were sexually chasing men.
(d) Women had appetites men couldn't fill.

12. Which women are more often the sex-seekers than finders?
(a) The metropolis housewives.
(b) The rural housewives.
(c) The suburban housewives.
(d) The city housewives.

13. 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 believe its possible to be a woman and lead.
(c) They don't want to be at the forefront of anything.
(d) They feel incompetent.

14. What is the key problem in promiscuity?
(a) Boredom.
(b) High self esteem.
(c) Conditioning by the parents.
(d) Low self esteem.

15. Housework presents _______________.
(a) A significant challenge.
(b) An interesting job description for American women.
(c) No difficulty to the adult mind.
(d) I don't know.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the most powerful argument of the feminine mystique?

2. What occurred in the last decade?

3. In 1948, what was the percentage of men that had had some homosexual experience?

4. How was the young housewife supposed to spend money and not feel guilty about it?

5. When did Professor Maslow begin his study of the relationship between sexuality and the "dominance" feeling?

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