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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours a week did a housewife who lived in a city of over 100,000 work in the home?

2. What must women do to avoid the dehumanization of their children?

3. How was the young housewife supposed to spend money and not feel guilty about it?

4. What is instinctive in the human sense?

5. In the name of femininity women are encouraged to ______ human growth.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role that religion plays in perpetuating the feminine mystique. Why do you think this is the case? What does religion stand to gain if the women stay home? Why? Explain your answer.

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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