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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many hours a week did a housewife who lived in a city of over 100,000 work in the home?
(a) 60.55.
(b) 80.57.
(c) 78.35.
(d) 44.57.

3. The strongest sexual pleasures are found in ______ ______ _____ .
(a) Self-debasing people.
(b) School and self-realization.
(c) Self-actualizing people.
(d) Homes and workforce.

4. How was the young housewife supposed to spend money and not feel guilty about it?
(a) By buying things that made her feel good.
(b) By buying things to help her marriage.
(c) By buying products for the home and family.
(d) All of these.

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

6. What sparked the White House's interest?
(a) A rise in juvinile delinquency.
(b) A rise in violent crime.
(c) Muscular deterioration.
(d) A rise in political instability.

7. What is contrary to the feminine mystique?
(a) Sexual satisfaction is not a mark of fulfillment.
(b) Neither sex can be happy within the feminine mystique.
(c) The feminine mystique keeps both sexes from maturing.
(d) All of these.

8. What is the easiest way out of figuring out who you are and what it is you want out of life?
(a) Having children.
(b) Sex and early marriage.
(c) Sex and children.
(d) All of these.

9. What does "acting out" mean in psycho-therapeutic terms?
(a) Delinquent behavior.
(b) Behavior that is not in accordance with reality.
(c) Behavior that is emulated by the parents.
(d) Behavior that is contrary to what is desireable.

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

11. 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 marriage is over glorified by the feminine mystique.
(d) To realize that the road isn't easy, but it is rewarding.

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

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

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

15. How did the labor saving appliance work?
(a) To decrease the time it took for the modern woman to do things.
(b) To create an increase in labor due to elaboration.
(c) To increase the functional time of a woman.
(d) By plugging it in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is inextricably linked to a woman's sexual satisfaction and emotional stability?

2. What did the feminists see most clearly?

3. Women's chances at happiness in marriage _______ as their career participation ________ .

4. Why is it easier to live through someone else as opposed to finding yourself?

5. What is the scary thing for women who want to finish their education?

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