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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. Why couldn't women study physics?

2. What was it said that men had that women didn't?

3. What was the new sexual problem in marriages?

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

5. What weren't these feminists called?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the victims of the Holocaust similar to the American housewife?

2. What was considered "true feminine fulfillment"?

3. How were Freud's findings indicative of his social surroundings?

4. What was the reason for Freud's research and what did he hope to achieve?

5. How was Margaret Mead exempt from the lack of fulfillment that most women felt?

6. Why was it advisable for advertisers to not let the "Career Women" category get any larger?

7. What is the objective of making homemaking creative?

8. What, according to Mrs. Friedan is the leading cause of men seeking out homosexual relationships?

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

10. Define high dominance and low dominance feeling.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kinds of opposition did women face in their movement to gain equal rights? How were they the subject of ridicule and scorn? How were they the butt of public jokes and humiliated? How were they balked? Explain your answer using quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the women that pursued a career and self realization, to those who went to college strictly to find a husband, get married and have children. How do they differ in personal growth? How does society of that era view both women? Explain the difference in their marriages. Use quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 3

What are the subtle ways that the feminine mystique still exists in modern society? In which ways is it not so subtle? Who is to blame for the present view of women in society? Why is this?

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