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

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” women and men were keen on assessing each other’s what?
(a) Moral compass.
(b) Life experiences.
(c) Monetary wealth.
(d) Reputational worth.

3. What did following the proper rules of the calling system indicate, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Good breeding.
(b) Good morals.
(c) Intelligence.
(d) Good fortune.

4. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” in the 1950s and 1960s, what became highly prized?
(a) The large-breasted girl.
(b) The small-footed girl.
(c) The Native American girl.
(d) The African American girl.

5. Parents responded to youth’s sexual freedom by limiting their children’s privacy and setting up what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Study schedules.
(b) Curfews.
(c) Parent-teacher conferences.
(d) House rules.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?

2. What constantly portrayed the other sex as commodities, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

3. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

4. 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”?

5. Going steady stopped being a guaranteed path to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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