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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. After World War II, what became a common practice according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Premarital sex.
(b) Getting divorced.
(c) Going steady.
(d) Staying single.

2. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?
(a) In school.
(b) In private places.
(c) In a public world.
(d) In church.

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents and authorities held the same line against sex that their parents had and this attitude remained unchanged for how long?
(a) The first half of the twentieth century.
(b) The first quarter of the nineteenth century.
(c) The first two-thirds of the twentieth century.
(d) The last quarter of the nineteenth century.

4. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The religious community.
(b) The bowling community.
(c) The college community.
(d) The business community.

5. The rise of national youth culture meant that what divisions mattered more than the divisions between boy and girl?
(a) Young and old.
(b) Religious divisions.
(c) Republican and Democrat.
(d) Financial divisions.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

3. In the calling system, who took the initiative according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?

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

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