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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. Beth Bailey asserts that contemporary men are objectified as what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?
(a) Human wallets.
(b) Taxi drivers.
(c) Repairmen.
(d) Work horses.

2. Pressures arose in the dating system for women to “act like” what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Queens.
(b) Ladies.
(c) Princesses.
(d) Nuns.

3. What does “STD” stand for?
(a) Systemic Thoratic disease.
(b) Sexual tension and distraction.
(c) Sociological transmission dysfunction.
(d) Sexually transmitted disease.

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

5. What became the symbol of youth culture according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Music.
(c) Reading.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date” means to make larger?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

3. The protocol for going steady was strict and often involved what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

4. One idea underlying the system of control in dating was the refusal of the older generation to allow the young to overcome what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?

5. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?

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