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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. Sigmund Freud was known as the founding father of what?
(a) Physics.
(b) Psychoanalysis.
(c) Geology.
(d) Dentistry.

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

3. What word in the book means a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Etiquette.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Paradox.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?
(a) Economic exchange.
(b) Sexism.
(c) Cultural growth.
(d) Selfishness.

5. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?
(a) Family values.
(b) Religious scripture.
(c) American media.
(d) School activities.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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

3. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” traditional etiquette dominated American manners from the 1930s to when?

5. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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