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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. The protocol for going steady was strict and often involved what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The church’s blessing.
(b) Written vows.
(c) A visible token.
(d) Life and death experiences.

2. What courtship events does the author describe in colleges in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Football games.
(b) Graduations.
(c) Exams.
(d) Dances.

3. When was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) 1811.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1926.
(d) 1904.

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” women and men were keen on assessing each other’s what?
(a) Moral compass.
(b) Reputational worth.
(c) Life experiences.
(d) Monetary wealth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after World War II dating was still a way to demonstrate what?

3. Who within the dating system was initially the girl who was in the most demand for dates?

4. Pressures arose in the dating system for women to “act like” what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American public culture since the 1920s reiterated that women should compete for men by doing what?

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