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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel one's own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts?
(a) Persuasion.
(b) Repression.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Aggression.

2. 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?
(a) Bad.
(b) Evil.
(c) Liars.
(d) Easy.

3. The system of dating and sex made who the controllers of sex as they had to enforce sexual limits, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Parents.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Police.

4. The power of what declined as women entered the workforce according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools.
(c) Family.
(d) Men.

5. When were birth control pills first approved for contraceptive use in the United States?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1984.

6. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, masculinity was associated with what?
(a) Morality.
(b) Success.
(c) Submission.
(d) Dominance.

7. The sexual revolution began in what decade?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1970s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1940s.

8. When did college campuses begin to offer marriage courses?
(a) The 1940s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1920s

9. What became the symbol of youth culture according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Music.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Reading.
(d) Sex.

10. Mid-twentieth century masculinity and femininity were defined in opposition to one another and are what today?
(a) Obsolete.
(b) Traditional sex roles.
(c) Futuristic sex roles.
(d) Contemporary sex roles.

11. During the sexual revolution, women fought for their sexuality to not be tied with what in the Epilogue?
(a) Woman’s value.
(b) Moral upstanding.
(c) Religious meaning.
(d) Social expectations.

12. From Front Porch to Back Seat was published in what year?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1919.
(d) 1988.

13. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” those born between 1900 and when grew up with new understandings of sexuality?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1960.

14. 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?
(a) The first quarter of the nineteenth century.
(b) The last quarter of the nineteenth century.
(c) The first half of the twentieth century.
(d) The first two-thirds of the twentieth century.

15. What is the fourth of the six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Competition.
(c) Control.
(d) The sexual economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the Epilogue refers to a period in a field of endeavor when great tasks were accomplished?

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, femininity became associated with what?

3. Where was Ernest Burgess born?

4. What category does the author assert did not exist in the nineteenth century?

5. Beth Bailey asserts that courtship has been replaced by what in the book’s Epilogue?

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