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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4: Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The co-directors of which of the following organizations declare themselves "the psychological arm of the women's movement"?
(a) American Psychiatric Association.
(b) American Psychological Association.
(c) American Psychosis Association.
(d) National Self-Help Clearinghouse.

2. 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 resistance to women's rights.
(c) A culture of support for working mothers.
(d) Long-standing support for women's rights.

3. According to Faludi, rather than helping women to overcome the problems with misogyny, the book If I'm So Wonderful, Why Am I Still Single? suggests that women can be happy only if they do all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Strive to be self-fulfilled.
(b) Learn to compromise.
(c) Stop trying to make men change.
(d) Postpone careers until children are grown.

4. Newsweek uses the metaphor that women are "______ ________ to be killed by a terrorist" than to _________.
(a) More likely, marry.
(b) Less likely, marry.
(c) More likely, divorce.
(d) Less likely, divorce.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sociologist Lenore Weitzman suggests that the issue of divorce should be handled by doing all of the following EXCEPT:

2. An analogy is made between heiress Patricia Hearst and many female characters of the 1980s. Which of the following expresses the comparison?

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

4. In 1988, at every level, writes Faludi, women candidates above the state legislature are at record low numbers and those who run generally lose. What does Faludi blame for this trend?

5. According to Faludi what was one of the radical suggestions made by Franham and Lundberg's Modern Women?

(see the answer key)

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