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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, “The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to a person's sex drive or desire for sexual activity?
(a) Hormones.
(b) Libido.
(c) Intercourse.
(d) Abstinence.

2. What did not differ in the first four decades of the twentieth century from their nineteenth century counterparts?
(a) Life expectancy.
(b) Infant mortality.
(c) The average age of marriage.
(d) The sexual behaviors of youth.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?
(a) Youth culture.
(b) Politics.
(c) Economics.
(d) Science.

4. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?
(a) Lasting friendship.
(b) Mutual gain.
(c) Disagreements.
(d) New experiences.

5. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Divorces.
(b) Marriages.
(c) Separations.
(d) Teenage pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

3. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

4. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?

5. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

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