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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. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1920s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1970s.

2. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The business community.
(b) The bowling community.
(c) The religious community.
(d) The college community.

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) Men.
(b) Police.
(c) Parents.
(d) Women.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Modernity.
(d) Music.

5. How many American men disappeared during World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 5 million.
(d) 16 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author, dating was about competition and what in the 1930s?

2. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

3. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses?

4. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?

5. What became the symbol of youth culture according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

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