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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12, Progressive Dehumanization: The Comfortable Concentration Camp.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who first formulated the simple principle that "work expands to fill the time available"?
(a) C. Northcoat Parkinson.
(b) P. Northcote Parkinson.
(c) C Northcote Parkinton.
(d) C. Northcote Parkinson.

2. What should an education do?
(a) None of these.
(b) Increase mental capacity.
(c) Help people to figure out what it is they want from life.
(d) Broaden outlook on the world.

3. How was the young housewife supposed to spend money and not feel guilty about it?
(a) By buying things that made her feel good.
(b) All of these.
(c) By buying products for the home and family.
(d) By buying things to help her marriage.

4. What is the important thing for a girl?
(a) To be popular.
(b) To trap a man.
(c) To pursue her identity.
(d) To be understood.

5. The most challenging and time consuming tasks of housework can be handled in capacity by a(n) ______________.
(a) Eight-year-old child.
(b) Eleven-year-old child.
(c) Nine-year-old child.
(d) Highly intelligent woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was really difficult to sell?

2. What clinic for children did Mrs. Freidan visit?

3. How long did it take "Sarah and the Seaplane" to become "Sarah the Sandwich Maker"?

4. What was affected by functional analysis?

5. What sparked the White House's interest?

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