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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “Scientific Truth ... and Love”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The average marriage age did what after World War II?
(a) Increased significantly.
(b) Dropped significantly.
(c) Increased slightly.
(d) Stayed the same.

2. 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) Gold jewelry.
(b) High heels.
(c) A coat.
(d) A hat.

3. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means amorous caressing and kissing?
(a) Petting.
(b) Fondling.
(c) Condoning.
(d) Harassment.

4. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1910s.
(d) 1900s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What became threatened as people began to realize that gender roles were, at least partly, constructed and fluctuated between generations?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship was transformed as youth were freed from what?

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, femininity became associated with what?

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

5. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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