One of our quizzes is based on the book, "Adam and Eve After the Pill," by Mary Eberstadt. Here is a sample:
TRUE/FALSE
1. In questioning the “indisputable” benefits of the sexual revolution, Eberstadt shows herself the typical feminist?
2.
Adam and Eve after the Pill
looks at the paradoxes of the sexual revolution in order to jar its
readers to radically question the received cultural wisdom that the
revolution was good for women and society?
3. The parallel between the Pill and “forbidden fruit” of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis 3 is a very self-conscious choice on the part of the author?
22.
In the post-revolutionary world, sex is easier than ever while _____ is
nowhere to be found.
A.
Pornography
B.
Divorce
C.
Dissatisfaction
D. Romance
E.
None of the Above
DISCUSSION
28.
In Chapter 1, “The Will to Disbelieve”, Eberstadt compares denial of
communist atrocities with denial of the havoc wrought by the sexual
revolution. Why does she say that these two realities caused such
dissidence in the thought of otherwise educated adults? Do you agree or
disagree with her reasoning? Why or why not?