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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 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Economic exchange.
(c) Cultural growth.
(d) Sexism.

2. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Parental control.
(b) Religious control.
(c) Moral control.
(d) Self control.

3. 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) Homosexual.
(c) Male.
(d) Female.

4. What word from Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date” means to make larger?
(a) Fortify.
(b) Illuminate.
(c) Augment.
(d) Transform.

5. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Movie theaters.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Churches.
(d) College campuses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?

2. What word in the book means a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth?

3. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?

4. The first daters complained about what, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

5. Who were blamed for the breakdown in gender identity, according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?

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