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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. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Soap operas.
(b) Experience.
(c) Dreams.
(d) Philosophy.

2. What word from the book refers to conventional requirements as to social behavior?
(a) Feminine.
(b) Paradox.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Etiquette.

3. Bailey notes that dating experience was only presented as a national what in the Introduction?
(a) Institution.
(b) Sport.
(c) Phenomenon.
(d) Pastime.

4. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?
(a) Steady.
(b) Lover.
(c) Ball and chain.
(d) Connection.

5. Who within the dating system was initially the girl who was in the most demand for dates?
(a) The smart girl.
(b) The popular girl.
(c) The rich girl.
(d) The redheaded girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Ernest Burgess born?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?

3. What book did Ernest Burgess write in 1939?

4. What became the symbol of youth culture according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

5. What constantly portrayed the other sex as commodities, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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