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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 is the problem with educating women early to fulfill their sexual roles in regards to the opposite sex?
2. What does Parsons find in sexual segregation?
3. What does Mrs. Freidan question in regards to Freudian thought?
4. What was the only answer possible in Freudian logic to make women satisfied?
5. Why do women have to suffer the problem of identity?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is a definitive knowledge of self needed to mature?
2. What did the men do to defy the "masculine mystique"?
3. What were the side effects of the "youth serum" when the young woman aged?
4. How does a woman fulfill her psychological and sociological roles by being a shopper?
5. What uniformly happened to the population of America following the war?
6. What was the basis of all neurosis of people, according to Freud?
7. In summation, why was it that the women went home after winning the suffrage?
8. What was considered "true feminine fulfillment"?
9. What kinds of problems can arise for the woman saying "no" to the feminine mystique?
10. How is a self actualizing relationship stronger than one borne in the feminine mystique?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
How did Mrs. Friedan practice what she preached? How was she an equal victim of the discrimination against women, and what private battles did she herself face in the years following the publishing of the "Feminine Mystique"?
Essay Topic 3
Hypothesize on the outcome of society at large if the women continued living purely within the confines of femininity? How would it affect the population two generations further? Three? Would it make American society stronger or weaker to have that increased level of devotion in the household? Explain your answer using quotes from the book.
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