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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 is Nora, to herself, first and foremost?
(a) A man hater.
(b) A reasonable human being.
(c) A bitter wife.
(d) None of these.

2. Why couldn't Betty read a word of the science that had once almost been her life's calling?
(a) It was too painful because she had given it up.
(b) She was angry about giving it up.
(c) She had no interest in it.
(d) She had no time for the study following kids.

3. What was not a part of women's worlds?
(a) Charming and keeping a man.
(b) Debate.
(c) Home care.
(d) Babies.

4. How long did it take "Sarah and the Seaplane" to become "Sarah the Sandwich Maker"?
(a) Four years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Six years.
(d) Ten years.

5. "The problem for women today is not ______, but a problem of _______?
(a) Sexual, Identity.
(b) Education, Identity.
(c) Sexual, Education.
(d) Identity, Sexual.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the girl from honors history suspect happened to her to cause her to drop out?

3. What was women's unhappiness blamed on?

4. What does the feminine protest do?

5. What was so terrifying to women not about to be married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the basis of all neurosis of people, according to Freud?

2. Summarize Margaret Mead's ideals as shown in this book.

3. How was Margaret Mead exempt from the lack of fulfillment that most women felt?

4. Why was there such difficulty with the problem without a name and why was it so hard to solve?

5. Who divorced women from the ideas of the world outside of the home?

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

7. According to the media, why should an American housewife be happy with her lot?

8. How did American women learn how to free themselves by speaking out for the slaves?

9. What is the objective of making homemaking creative?

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

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