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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the new sexual problem in marriages?

2. What kind of act occurred in the feminist movement?

3. Why are the girls at college?

4. What was not a part of women's worlds?

5. What is the first age that the crisis hits?

Short Essay Questions

1. Define high dominance and low dominance feeling.

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

3. Why is economic independence so necessary for women?

4. How were Freud's findings indicative of his social surroundings?

5. What kinds of problems can arise for the woman saying "no" to the feminine mystique?

6. How is a definitive knowledge of self needed to mature?

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

8. In what way did society have to be restructured regarding sexuality?

9. How did the New York General Assembly view the right for women to own property and how did they react to the idea that they should be able to?

10. What groups opposed the women's right to vote and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the feminine mystique and the problem with no name. How are they related? How are they almost interchangeable? In what regard to women face the most scrutiny in finding themselves? Explain your answer using quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Suggest ways women might overcome the feminine mystique. What kinds of programs could be offered to women that are serious about continuing their education in a meaningful way? Is there any way to live within the mystique and contribute positively to the world and to self development? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Why is education integral to the destruction of the feminine mystique? What role does education play in the growing up of American women? How does this benefit America at the macro level? At the micro level? Explain.

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