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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2: Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following women is cited in the book as being consistently shut out of the Emmys, disapproved of in public by George Bush, and having a nationwide club formed just to hate and revile her?
(a) Murphy Brown.
(b) Glenn Close.
(c) Roseanne Barr.
(d) Mae West.

2. What is the complete title of the book, Backlash?
(a) Backlash: The Declared War Against American Women.
(b) Backlash: The Declared War Against American Families.
(c) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.
(d) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Families.

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

4. Which 1980s movie is credited for fueling a "monogamy trend" and "reinvigorating marriage"?
(a) Fatal Attraction.
(b) 9 ½- weeks.
(c) Flashdance.
(d) Sheila Levine Is Dead and Living in New York.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the 1980s all the following firsts are accomplished EXCEPT:

2. The backlash seeks to divide and conquer by pitting women against each other. Faludi describes all of the following battle lines EXCEPT:

3. 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?

4. Who casts his wife in the demeaning role of an unsmiling female doctor who clutches her book about obsession and compulsion?

5. As the health care industry continues to convince women they need medical attention, the market increases for which of these services?

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