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1)Which of the following factors facilitated the rise of ‘housework’? A)The rise of industrial capitalism. B)The distinction between unpaid domestic labour and paid labour. C)An interaction between capitalism and patriarchy. D)Men defending their privileges under new economic and social conditions. E)All of the above. 2)Which of the following statements about pre-industrial family work is correct? A)Children went to mandatory school until the age of 12. B)Women were essential to market production. C)The family was a site of consumption only. D)Women were excluded from early market production. E)Industrialization increased women’s involvement in the market economy. 3)An older concept of childrearing was that children should be A)told their place in life whenever possible. B)toughened up for life in the ‘real” work of work. C)given every opportunity to grow and expand at their own pace. D)pampered and comforted whenever they require attention. E)treated with great respect and given a special place in society. 4)Susan Strasser, author of Never Done: A History of American Housework wrote that: A)the colonial household served as the central institution of economic production where there was a gendered division of labour. B)men have traditionally done more housework than women except in recent decades when men were required to work outside the home. C)women and men are both equally likely to perform household tasks, especially in modern, new age relationships. D)house work was taken over by women after the 1960s and the new feminist movement where women believed their primary role was to be at home with the children. E)the history of American housework is not much different from the history of Chinese housework. 5)L.M. Child had which of the following views of domestic work? A)She viewed it in purely negative terms and believed there should be a revolution of the masses of women. B)She both criticized the drudgery of housework as well as idealized it by seeing women as upholders of society’s moral standards. C)She held it in high esteem and advocated for all women to retreat to the domestic sphere of society and get out of the paid labour force D)She felt that domestic work was fair and equitable between men and women and saw no reason for discontent among men or women. E)She believed that domestic work was the source of all discontent between husbands and wives as well as parents and children. 6)Where can we trace the change in family roles associated with contemporary society to? A)The feminist movement. B)The increased use of birth control in the 1960s. C)The rise of urban, industrial society. D)The pre-war years. E)The baby boom generation. 7)As more labour-saving devices became available, A)the time spent on housework did not decrease. B)women were able to spend more time with theft families. C)an equal division of labour between husband and wife emerged. D)no changes to the division of domestic labour occurred. E)it became easier for women to contribute to the family income. 8)For women, the fusing of love with domestic consumerism and household duties forever changed A)relations between the sexes on the domestic front. B)the marketplace. C)the concept of romance and chivalry. D)physical intimacy between spouses. E)relationships between fathers and sons. 9)The new expectation for women is for them to make their homes out of _____________rather than out of ______________. A)necessity; joy. B)interest in market rewards; love. C)convenience; duty. D)love; interest in market rewards. E)duty; convenience. 10)According to the textbook, the “hygiene revolution” led to: A)decreased time spent on household chores. B)increased use of time saving cleanliness devices. C)the revolt of women from doing most of the housework. D)increased number of children performing domestic work. E)wider acceptance of the ideals of cleanliness. 1