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

2. Who were blamed for the breakdown in gender identity, according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?
(a) Clergy.
(b) Men.
(c) Women.
(d) Politicians.

3. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The brother.
(b) The maid.
(c) The mother.
(d) The father.

4. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Friends.
(b) Parents.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

5. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” many came to believe for biological reasons that being what was natural to humanity?
(a) Heterosexual.
(b) Male.
(c) Homosexual.
(d) Female.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes a scenario in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money" in which a man calls on a city girl and when he arrives she is wearing what?

2. What word from the book means having qualities traditionally ascribed to women?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” women who took the initiative in the dating system were thought to be what?

4. What magazine does the author assert created a hideaway for men in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?

5. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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