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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was not a part of women's worlds?

2. What does Mrs. Freidan question in regards to Freudian thought?

3. In what would Martha take refuge?

4. What gave women peace of mind?

5. Why couldn't women study physics?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize Margaret Mead's ideals as shown in this book.

2. How is a self actualizing relationship stronger than one borne in the feminine mystique?

3. What does a self actualizing relationship look like?

4. How did the New York General Assembly view the right for women to own property and how did they react to the idea that they should be able to?

5. Who divorced women from the ideas of the world outside of the home?

6. How is a definitive knowledge of self needed to mature?

7. What uniformly happened to the population of America following the war?

8. Why did real feminists believe the radical "man hating, marriage opposing" feminists were getting more media coverage?

9. How did the image of women change from the 1930's-50's?

10. What is the distinguishing feature about the women of the suburbs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Name at least three things that stand in the way of women's self realization. How do these things impede her progress? How can they be overcome? Are they legitimate things that hold her back, or are they imagined? Explain your answer and use quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

How do Freud and Margaret Mead's study of women influence the development of the feminine mystique? What role do these individuals play in the education of women in regards to the mystique? How do their views compliment each other? Explain your answer and support it with research from outside the book.

Essay Topic 3

How did Mrs. Friedan practice what she preached? How was she an equal victim of the discrimination against women, and what private battles did she herself face in the years following the publishing of the "Feminine Mystique"?

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