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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. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The woman.
(b) The man.
(c) The priest.
(d) The mayor.

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

3. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The dating system.
(b) The petting system.
(c) The arranged marriage system.
(d) The call system.

4. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?
(a) 1960-2000.
(b) 1945-1980.
(c) 1860-1915.
(d) 1920-1965.

5. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Returning veterans.
(b) Political office holders.
(c) Movie stars.
(d) Sports heroes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a token indicating future marriage?

2. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” those born between 1900 and when grew up with new understandings of sexuality?

4. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. What refers to the unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse?

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