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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grant concludes that women's liberation is a set of "big lies" that lead to all of the following EXCEPT:
(a) Financial ruin.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) Exhaustion.
(d) Stress.

2. Paul Weyrich is defined by Faludi as all the following EXCEPT:
(a) The "Father of the New Right."
(b) Viewing women's liberation as a dangerous lie.
(c) Considering feminism as a dead issue.
(d) Founder of the Heritage Foundation.

3. Faludi claims that Robin Norwood stops making speeches, divorces, and withdraws into a "shell-like existence" after which of the following events?
(a) She is unable to command large crowds at events.
(b) She finds that her recovery by marrying the "right" man is short-lived.
(c) She claims that she is unable to escape the feminist movement.
(d) She realizes she is unable to have a baby.

4. Who does Faludi cite as the most famous feminist to retract her views?
(a) Carol Gilligan.
(b) Camille Paglia.
(c) Susan Brownmiller.
(d) Betty Friedan.

5. NBC and ABC use which of the following to undercut women's efforts to organize?
(a) Promotion of corporate faithfuls only.
(b) Layoffs.
(c) Threats and harassment.
(d) All answers are correct.

6. According to Faludi, the 1980s are awash with books about women's special virtues of:
(a) Contextual thinking.
(b) Nurturing.
(c) Caring.
(d) All of the Above.

7. According to Faludi, surveys show which of the following types of women ranking highest in mental health?
(a) Professionals.
(b) Students.
(c) Homemakers.
(d) Mothers.

8. Chapter 13, "The Wages of the Backlash" shows all of the following undermining the progress women make in the 1970s EXCEPT:
(a) Religion.
(b) Reaganomics.
(c) Recession.
(d) An expanding minimum-wage economy.

9. What is Carol Gilligan's criticism of Lawrence Kohlberg's six-stage ladder?
(a) The data does not support the anti-feminist conclusions he made.
(b) It is skewed to male bases for moral judgments.
(c) The samples used are not sufficiently representative.
(d) Education and class are what actually determines moral judgement.

10. Both Susan and Stephen Price claim to be ___________ in a ___________ age.
(a) Anti-feminists, anti-feminist.
(b) Feminists, anti-feminist.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Feminists, post-feminist.

11. Child abuse laws are extended to the fetus and "fetal neglect" bills flood legislatures as a result of which strategy?
(a) The decision to provide fathers with a strategy to protect their unborn children.
(b) An attempt to humanize the fetus and neutralize the mother.
(c) To reduce the number of US individuals addicted to drugs.
(d) The policy of allowing mothers to take precedence over the fetus.

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

13. Part 3, "Origins of a Reaction: Backlash Movers, Shakers, and Thinkers," begins by looking at "The Politics of Resentment: The ___________ War on Women."
(a) American Right's.
(b) New Right's.
(c) National Anti-Feminist Movement.
(d) Christian Right's.

14. According to Faludi, abortion is legal in every state:
(a) Since colonial times.
(b) Until women's rights becomes an issue in the mid nineteenth century.
(c) And is supported by a majority of women.
(d) All of the above.

15. The antiabortion message is championed by which of the following teams?
(a) The New York Giants.
(b) New York Yankees.
(c) New York Rangers.
(d) The New York Knicks.

Short Answer Questions

1. Faludi identified which of the following books as the most widely quoted and influential feminist work in the 1980s?

2. According to Faludi, Randall Terry is a leading figure in the antiabortion movement and his emotional baggage dates from which of the following?

3. What is the message of chapter 11, "The Backlash Brain Trust: From Neocons to Neofems"?

4. Which author uses fairy tales to generalize about men and women without offending anyone?

5. "It's All in Your Mind" looks at ¬¬_______________ in the 1980s backlash.

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