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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. In what year does the author say that a sociologist was one of the most important members of the marriage-education movement in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1939.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1960.

2. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Parents.
(d) Friends.

3. The fact that men paid for dates was thought to imply that women owed them what, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) A dowry.
(b) Allegiance.
(c) Money.
(d) Sexual favors.

4. 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?
(a) Modernization.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Evolution.

5. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?
(a) 1954.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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

3. What is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?

4. What term referred to caresses above the neck, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few women had what?

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