History 111 - The Women in America » Fall 2022 » Reading Quiz Homeward Bound_Friedan

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Question #1
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Elaine Tyler May's argues the "domestic ideals" of the 1950s and early 1960s was undermined by daily realities and unrealistic expectations of both men and women.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #2
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Suburbia was seen as a place of cultural and social mobility in the 1950s.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #3
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Suburbia appealed to those looking to separate themselves from extended family and offered material benefits such as appliances, the ability to own more stuff, and space.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #4
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. The 1950s were dominated by a fear of nuclear weapons and their use.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #5
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. A majority of women in the US did not work outside of the home after World War II.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #6
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. The suburbs were seen by US politicians as a model of US individualism, celebration of private property ownership, and US culture over that of the USSR and values.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #7
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Suburbia was an inclusive space that allowed people of different ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds to mix and live together peacefully.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #8
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Marriage and family life were often times linked to cultural values like civic participation, patriotism, and high morality in late 1950s and early 1960s.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #9
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Elaine Tyler May's use of Ida as a case study shows parallels to Betty Friedan's perspective in The Feminine Mystique.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
This question is based on Elaine Tyler May's excerpt from the Homeward Bound. Elaine Tyler May's discussion of the Kelly Longitudinal Study corresponds 100% with Betty Friedan's interviews she conducted in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #11
This question is based on Betty Friedan's excerpt from the Feminine Mystique. Betty Friedan was a stay-at-home mom and wife her entire life.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #12
This question is based on Betty Friedan's excerpt from the Feminine Mystique. Betty Friedan indicates that most of the twenty-eight women she interviewed were pregnant at the time of her interview, even if they were in their forties.
A.   True
B.   False

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