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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, “The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means amorous caressing and kissing?
(a) Fondling.
(b) Condoning.
(c) Petting.
(d) Harassment.

2. The first daters complained about what, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Parental supervision.
(b) Dating the wrong people.
(c) The investment of time.
(d) The cost of courtship.

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) Parent-teacher conferences.
(b) House rules.
(c) Curfews.
(d) Study schedules.

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

5. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Separations.
(b) Divorces.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Teenage pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?

2. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?

3. By what year did the word “date” enter the vocabulary of the middle class, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. What does “STD” stand for?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” often competitive success in the dating system was demonstrated where?

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