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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the really crucial role of the housewife?

2. Housework presents _______________.

3. How many women had engaged in extramarital sex?

4. What is contrary to the feminine mystique?

5. What is the key to getting out of the trap of the mystique?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of women in today's world. Has the image of women through societies' eyes changed much in the last fifty to sixty years? If so, how, if not, hypothesize on why not.

Essay Topic 3

What kinds of opposition did women face in their movement to gain equal rights? How were they the subject of ridicule and scorn? How were they the butt of public jokes and humiliated? How were they balked? Explain your answer using quotes from the book.

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