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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1: Chapters 2-3.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. By questioning whether the "backlash" is a new phenomenon, some social observers admit that there has been:
(a) An undercurrent of resentment against working fathers.
(b) Long-standing support for women's rights.
(c) Long-standing resistance to women's rights.
(d) A culture of support for working mothers.
2. _________ and ________, two demographers at the Census Bureau, re-run the Harvard-Yale study using 1980 data and find a major flaw in the study and its calculations.
(a) Neil Bennett, David Bloom.
(b) Patricia Craig, Neil Bennett.
(c) Jeanne Moorman, Robert Fay.
(d) David Bloom, Jeanne Moorman.
3. According to Backlash, attacking the feminist movement is accomplished by systematically using which of the following?
(a) Popular culture.
(b) Research on children's opinions.
(c) Grassroots movements of husbands and fathers.
(d) No answers are correct.
4. Sociologist Lenore Weitzman suggests that the issue of divorce should be handled by doing all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Focusing on the core question of whether women are better off "protected" or equal.
(b) Rejecting the "charade" of the old system.
(c) "Fine-tuning" new divorce laws.
(d) Collecting pre-reform data against which to test her hypothesis.
5. Select the book that claims that children are worse off when parents divorce.
(a) Second Chance.
(b) Parents Choices.
(c) The Little Ones.
(d) After Divorce.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to Backlash, the press uses the Harvard-Yale study to scare women into marrying "just to beat the 'odds'." At the same time, they overlook which of the following types of data?
2. After Reagan's accession to the presidency, Faludi writes that the two political parties do which of the following?
3. Surveys show that an overwhelming majority of women feel there is still a need for all of the following EXCEPT:
4. In the book Backlash, attackers of the feminist movement are described as working to put women back in their "proper" place _________________ and __________.
5. Yankelovich Monitor surveys find that "masculinity" is often defined as a man being a "good provider." This has negative implications for which of the following aspects of the feminist movement?
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