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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What problem wasn't caused by soap or cured by Cortisone?
(a) Chicken pox.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Hives.
(d) Housewife's Blight.

2. What is the "great mistake of Western Culture"?
(a) The overemphasis on femininity.
(b) The availability of an education to women.
(c) The undervaluation of femininity.
(d) The availability of work to women.

3. What kind of act occurred in the feminist movement?
(a) An act of passivity.
(b) An act of war.
(c) An act of rebellion.
(d) An act of contrition.

4. With which did the feminist movement gain strength?
(a) None of these.
(b) The movement to free the slaves.
(c) The emancipation of American from the British throne.
(d) The Revolution.

5. What was affected by functional analysis?
(a) Women's roles in a forward moving society.
(b) The maturing of women.
(c) The progressive nature of society.
(d) The future.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the literature offered telling women to do?

2. How many signatures did Susan Anthony collect?

3. What was Freud most concerned about in regards to society?

4. How long did it take "Sarah and the Seaplane" to become "Sarah the Sandwich Maker"?

5. How many hours did the average housewife sleep, but still found themselves tired?

Short Essay Questions

1. What, according to Mrs. Friedan is the leading cause of men seeking out homosexual relationships?

2. Why were the girls with rings on their hands the "lucky ones"?

3. How is a self actualizing relationship stronger than one borne in the feminine mystique?

4. What is ironic about the path to feminine fulfillment?

5. What is the double deception of the feminine mystique?

6. What things hold women back from achieving the education they need to be a beneficial part of society?

7. Define "Feminine protest".

8. Why must Freud's psychoanalytical views be discounted?

9. Explain how within the feminine mystique, to be exceptional, has such a negative connotation?

10. What did the men do to defy the "masculine mystique"?

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