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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3: Chapter 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. George Gilder, a Reagan speechwriter, states that the women's movement does all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Encourages women to work.
(b) Champions social welfare programs.
(c) Allows women to survive without husbands.
(d) Supports male misogyny.

2. Who is nicknamed "The Breast Man of San Francisco"?
(a) Dr. John Voorhees.
(b) Dr. Robert Harvey.
(c) Dr. Hugo Ramirez.
(d) Dr. Jack Statz.

3. Retin-A is approved by the FDA to treat _____________ and is eventually marketed to treat ________.
(a) Wrinkles, acne.
(b) Acne, wrinkles.
(c) Acne, acne.
(d) Wrinkles, wrinkles.

4. Television assaults the women's movement less than Hollywood movies; Faludi states that this is because of what factor?
(a) There are more women executives in the television industry who support the women's movement.
(b) Women are a majority of viewers and are advertisers' prime target.
(c) Television producers do not wish to tackle these issues through on-screen programming.
(d) Hollywood movies have greater budgets and more freedom with their creativity.

5. Sociologist Lenore Weitzman suggests that the issue of divorce should be handled by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) "Fine-tuning" new divorce laws.
(b) Rejecting the "charade" of the old system.
(c) Focusing on the core question of whether women are better off "protected" or equal.
(d) Collecting pre-reform data against which to test her hypothesis.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Faludi, cosmetic companies try to increase sales by ___________ their products.

2. In 1988, Robert Filoso defines the "New Generation" of female beauty with mannequins that are:

3. Which book blames women for depleting men of "vim and vigor"?

4. In Angels 88 screenwriter Brad Markowitz has been ordered to do all of the following except:

5. Faludi presents Ms. Magazine as a media outlet that has abandoned its flagship status as a supporter of the feminist movement. She writes that the magazine returns to its roots only after what happens?

(see the answer key)

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