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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “Scientific Truth ... and Love”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 22.
(b) 30.
(c) 27.
(d) 19.

2. What is the first of the six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Control.
(c) The sexual economy.
(d) Competition.

3. One idea underlying the system of control in dating was the refusal of the older generation to allow the young to overcome what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Religious values.
(b) Traditional values.
(c) Gender opposition.
(d) Economic values.

4. What is the second of the six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?
(a) Control.
(b) The sexual economy.
(c) Competition.
(d) Consumption.

5. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Moral control.
(b) Religious control.
(c) Parental control.
(d) Self control.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American dating emerged as what became central to courtship?

3. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. The six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love" all arose from sweeping social forces that came from what?

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