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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Select the magazine that Faludi praises for using federal statistics to accurately portray the career choices of women.
(a) Esquire.
(b) Fortune.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Newsweek.

2. The major networks parade tearfully "penitent unwed" women through the media; Faludi highlights examples from all the following networks EXCEPT:
(a) ABC.
(b) FOX.
(c) NBC.
(d) CBS.

3. Which of the following terms was coined as a part of the backlash?
(a) Biological clock.
(b) Mommy syndrome.
(c) Feminism movement.
(d) Husband shortage.

4. ________ issues more miniskirts and says older women want to feel sexy on the job and ________ agrees: "gals" like to show their legs.
(a) No answers are correct.
(b) Calvin Klein, Christian Lacroix.
(c) John Weitz, Christian Dior.
(d) Bill Blass, Calvin Klein.

5. Women send positive letters after the heroine walks away from the altar in which movie?
(a) Private Benjamin.
(b) The Graduate.
(c) Flashdance.
(d) Fatal Attraction.

6. Which author publishes a 922-page compendium in which 4,500 women despair about not being treated as equals by mates?
(a) Dr. Srully Blotnick.
(b) Patricia Craig.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Shere Hite.

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

8. Why do politicians, journalists, and business leaders claim that women need no more help advancing?
(a) They have come of age.
(b) They are in the infancy of their independence.
(c) They have surpassed men in their accomplishments.
(d) They have returned to traditional roles.

9. In Part 1 of Backlash, "Myths and Flashbacks" which of the following myths is analyzed?
(a) Man Shortages.
(b) Family Upheavals.
(c) Fertility Booms.
(d) Feminist Satisfactions.

10. 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?
(a) The Supreme Court restricts women's reproductive rights in 1989.
(b) Congress abandons the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
(c) The Office of Domestic Violence is closed.
(d) A string of firebombings of abortion clinics in 1987.

11. What three relationship trends increased in the 1950s?
(a) Unhappy single womanhood, women marrying to conform to societal expectations, and women fleeing unhappy marriages.
(b) Happy single womanhood, women marrying to conform to societal expectations, and women forcing husbands into counseling to save unhappy marriages.
(c) Happy single womanhood, women marrying on their own terms, and women fleeing unhappy marriages.
(d) Happy single womanhood, women marrying to conform to societal expectations, and women fleeing unhappy marriages.

12. In 1988, Robert Filoso defines the "New Generation" of female beauty with mannequins that are:
(a) Flawless, shorter, bustier, and wasp-waisted.
(b) All answers are correct.
(c) Flawless, slender, and shorter.
(d) Taller, more slender, and poutier.

13. Which organization's findings do not support the idea of a "baby boomlet" among career women?
(a) Annual surveys by professional organizations.
(b) No answers are correct.
(c) Census Bureau data.
(d) Time magazine research.

14. When making an indictment of 1980s films featuring female jobs, Faludi states that these movies do all of the following except:
(a) Showing why women are better off staying home.
(b) Fail to indict a demoralizing marketplace.
(c) Show women as recognizing the sacrifices of being working women, but highly satisfied with their choices.
(d) Show female jobs as tedious and supportive of male enterprises.

15. Advertisers tell women career success is harming their complexions and causing all of the following except:
(a) Dandruff.
(b) Hair loss.
(c) Dry skin.
(d) Weight gain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faludi notes that after Reagan becomes president, which of the following are among the political victims?

2. According to Faludi, men's opposition to women's rights and the feminist movement is a source of:

3. Another blow to the feminist movement comes when the Supreme Court moves towards which of the following actions?

4. Which of the following two anti-feminist movies are made into television sitcoms?

5. In her timeline of women's cosmetic trends, Faludi states that the bright, healthy, athletic look is popular in which era?

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