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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 describes a scenario in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money" in which a man calls on a city girl and when he arrives she is wearing what?
(a) A hat.
(b) Gold jewelry.
(c) High heels.
(d) A coat.

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

3. 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 1890s.
(c) The 1920s.
(d) The 1970s.

4. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control” means refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion?
(a) Corporate.
(b) Contagious.
(c) Chaste.
(d) Conducive.

5. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The mother.
(c) The father.
(d) The grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American men disappeared during World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the process of going steady factored out what?

5. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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