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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. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” youth came to define themselves in terms of their what?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Intelligence.
(c) Musical taste.
(d) Consumption.

2. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?
(a) Economy.
(b) Justice.
(c) Religion.
(d) Convention.

3. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?
(a) Steady.
(b) Ball and chain.
(c) Lover.
(d) Connection.

4. What “special dates” incurred great cost, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Proms.
(b) Square dances.
(c) Fairs.
(d) Graduations.

5. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Experience.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Soap operas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a token indicating future marriage?

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents and authorities held the same line against sex that their parents had and this attitude remained unchanged for how long?

3. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?

4. Beth Bailey asserts that contemporary men are objectified as what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

5. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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