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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9, The Sexual Sell.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Sojourner Truth claim to have?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Thirteen.
(d) Two.

2. What weren't these feminists called?
(a) Perverts.
(b) Spinsters.
(c) Sex starved.
(d) Penis enviers.

3. What gave women peace of mind?
(a) The answer to the nameless problem.
(b) The idea that they were not alone.
(c) Women's husbands.
(d) The collective feeling that they had achieved something in talking.

4. What requires increased glamorization every year?
(a) The allure of being a wife.
(b) The occupation of housewife.
(c) The occupation of motherhood.
(d) The Feminine Mystique.

5. Why do women participate in politics according to "Women's Home Companion" September 1955?
(a) They pay attention to political parties.
(b) Politics is a topic for which both parties can share.
(c) It concerns their home and husband.
(d) They desire change in government.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was the young housewife supposed to spend money and not feel guilty about it?

2. What need is deeply set within human nature?

3. What was the name of the life adjustment course given to eleven- to thirteen-year-old girls?

4. How were women martyred during hunger strikes?

5. Where were young women's passions lying after the suffrage?

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