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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. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?
(a) New experiences.
(b) Lasting friendship.
(c) Mutual gain.
(d) Disagreements.

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after World War II, what became considered a rude behavior?
(a) Asking for a second date.
(b) Cutting in on the dance floor.
(c) Kissing in public.
(d) Driving too fast.

3. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?
(a) Political.
(b) Radical.
(c) Positive.
(d) Negative.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?
(a) Convincing.
(b) Wooing.
(c) Economic exchange.
(d) Loving.

5. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The automobile.
(b) The bicycle.
(c) The telephone.
(d) Electricity.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?

2. What are shown in the book to be highly variable and responsive to changes in social attitudes and economic developments?

3. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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

5. What category does the author assert did not exist in the nineteenth century?

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