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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, “Sex Control”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1900s.
(c) 1910s.
(d) 1930s.

2. 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.

3. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?
(a) The Jerry Springer Show.
(b) The Phil Donahue Show.
(c) The Geraldo Rivera Show.
(d) The Ricki Lake Show.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few women had what?
(a) Free time.
(b) Cars.
(c) Parlors.
(d) Money.

5. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Commitment.
(b) Sex.
(c) Love.
(d) Divorce.

Short Answer Questions

1. Pressures arose in the dating system for women to “act like” what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after World War II dating was still a way to demonstrate what?

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

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” many treated going steady as what?

5. What term referred to caresses above the neck, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

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