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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, “Sex Control”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Justice.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Desire.

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” women and men were keen on assessing each other’s what?
(a) Monetary wealth.
(b) Life experiences.
(c) Moral compass.
(d) Reputational worth.

3. Parents responded to youth’s sexual freedom by limiting their children’s privacy and setting up what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) House rules.
(b) Parent-teacher conferences.
(c) Study schedules.
(d) Curfews.

4. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Sex.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Love.
(d) Divorce.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Music.
(c) Modernity.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. The system of dating and sex made who the controllers of sex as they had to enforce sexual limits, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?

2. The power of what declined as women entered the workforce according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

3. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

4. What did not differ in the first four decades of the twentieth century from their nineteenth century counterparts?

5. According to the author, the norms of American parents were reflective of what?

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