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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 did all the pioneering feminists resist?
2. What lesson could girls not help but learn in college between 1945 and 1960?
3. What was affected by functional analysis?
4. What weren't these feminists called?
5. Where were young women's passions lying after the suffrage?
Short Essay Questions
1. What kinds of problems can arise for the woman saying "no" to the feminine mystique?
2. What were the side effects of the "youth serum" when the young woman aged?
3. What does a self actualizing relationship look like?
4. What is the American housewife's dilemma?
5. What is called the "youth serum" for women?
6. What did the men do to defy the "masculine mystique"?
7. What is the difference in the male and female roles?
8. What choice did the mystique leave to women?
9. What, according to Mrs. Friedan is the leading cause of men seeking out homosexual relationships?
10. Explain how within the feminine mystique, to be exceptional, has such a negative connotation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain the social propaganda around the feminine mystique. How has married life been glorified and glamorized? Why has it been made to be more than it is? What is the benefit to women staying at home, from an economic standpoint. 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
How do Freud and Margaret Mead's study of women influence the development of the feminine mystique? What role do these individuals play in the education of women in regards to the mystique? How do their views compliment each other? Explain your answer and support it with research from outside the book.
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