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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13, The Forfeited Self.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two things are at the very heart of the feminine mystique?
(a) Lack of self and vicarious living.
(b) Deception and lack of self.
(c) Noncommitment and lack of self.
(d) Noncommitment and vicarious living.

2. What was blamed for every problem American children faced?
(a) Society at large.
(b) Their mothers.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Their fathers.

3. What was Freud most concerned about in regards to society?
(a) He didn't want to change it, but rather to help people adjust to it.
(b) He wanted to help them in the suffrage movement.
(c) He wanted to open the doors for women.
(d) All of these.

4. What is the climax of adolescence?
(a) Getting married and having kids.
(b) Enrolling in university.
(c) Having children.
(d) Deciding what one wants to be.

5. What did Mrs. Friedan decide to go looking for in this chapter?
(a) Balanced housewives.
(b) Career women.
(c) Fulfilled housewifes.
(d) True housewives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is contrary to the feminine mystique?

2. Why isn't a woman encouraged to buy whatever needed to get her out of the home and finding herself?

3. Who was always blamed for the neurosis of men?

4. How much greater was the number of disturbed young wives over any other group other than their husbands?

5. What need is deeply set within human nature?

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