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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. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.
(a) Actions.
(b) Fate.
(c) Wishes.
(d) Luck.

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” twentieth century discourse was based on youth and what?
(a) Homosexual experience.
(b) Economic wealth.
(c) Religious extremes.
(d) Heterosexual premarital experience.

3. What is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?
(a) Meteorology.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Psychopathology.

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” many came to believe for biological reasons that being what was natural to humanity?
(a) Male.
(b) Heterosexual.
(c) Female.
(d) Homosexual.

5. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?
(a) School activities.
(b) Family values.
(c) Religious scripture.
(d) American media.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American dating emerged as what became central to courtship?

3. The rise of national youth culture meant that what divisions mattered more than the divisions between boy and girl?

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few women had what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?

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