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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 5-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Faludi notes that after Reagan becomes president, which of the following are among the political victims?
(a) The Vice President.
(b) Newspapers.
(c) The Office of Domestic Violence.
(d) The Equal Rights Amendment.

2. In the book Backlash, attackers of the feminist movement are described as working to put women back in their "proper" place _________________ and __________.
(a) Physiologically, emotionally.
(b) Relationally, traditionally.
(c) Psychologically, physically.
(d) Morally, ethnologically.

3. According to Faludi, how are female characters treated in morality tales?
(a) Good mothers win, and independent women are punished.
(b) Women are not judged according to their lifestyle choices.
(c) Good mothers win, and single women are always envious of those in traditional roles.
(d) Good mothers are punished, and independent women win.

4. Part 2 of the book The Backlash in Popular Culture looks at trends in all the following media EXCEPT:
(a) Magazines.
(b) Television.
(c) Internet.
(d) Print.

5. The term "strong-armed into motherhood" is used by Faludi to describe which of the following movies?
(a) Broadcast News.
(b) Fatal Attraction.
(c) Baby Boom.
(d) Crossing Delancey.

Short Answer Questions

1. By questioning whether the "backlash" is a new phenomenon, some social observers admit that there has been:

2. In 1987, what does NBC identify as the possible "yuppie disease of the '80s"?

3. Faludi states that in 1986, NBC and Cosmopolitan warn women of three side effects of divorce including:

4. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:

5. Faludi asserts that under the Reagan administration which of the following are pressured to generate data that fit the war on women's independence?

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