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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Ernest Burgess born?
(a) Vancouver, British Columbia.
(b) Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
(c) Tilbury, Ontario.
(d) Winnipeg, Manitoba.

2. 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"?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The grandmother.

3. 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) Evolution.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Modernization.

4. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?
(a) 1960-2000.
(b) 1920-1965.
(c) 1945-1980.
(d) 1860-1915.

5. Premarital sex was not “conventional” until what decade, according to the author?
(a) 1960s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The crisis of femininity was what to the crisis of masculinity, according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?

4. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” women often responded to the system of dating and sex by trying to “seem” respectable but privately engaging in illicit sexual activity, resulting in the rumors about good girls in reality being what?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.

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