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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. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?
(a) Temple University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Yale University.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?
(a) Room to receive calls.
(b) Mothers.
(c) Siblings.
(d) A strict upbringing.

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American dating emerged as what became central to courtship?
(a) Manners.
(b) Social connections.
(c) Money.
(d) Looks.

4. 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) Study schedules.
(c) House rules.
(d) Curfews.

5. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?
(a) In school.
(b) In a public world.
(c) In church.
(d) In private places.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control” means to utilize, especially for profit?

2. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?

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. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?

5. What “special dates” incurred great cost, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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