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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 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?
(a) Room to receive calls.
(b) Mothers.
(c) A strict upbringing.
(d) Siblings.

2. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 27.
(b) 19.
(c) 22.
(d) 30.

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

4. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?
(a) Their appearance.
(b) Their religion.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their intelligence.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?
(a) Extremes.
(b) Exceptions.
(c) Experience.
(d) Expectations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after World War II, what became considered a rude behavior?

3. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. What term referred to caresses above the neck, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?

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