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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 system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The dating system.
(b) The petting system.
(c) The call system.
(d) The arranged marriage system.

2. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?
(a) The Agrarian Era.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Great Awakening.
(d) The Digital Revolution.

3. The new practice of going steady entirely destroyed what system according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The marriage system.
(b) The call system.
(c) The courting system.
(d) The dating-rating system.

4. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Love.
(b) Sex.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Divorce.

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?
(a) Nuns.
(b) Fraternity boys.
(c) Sociologists.
(d) Sorority girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse?

2. 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?

3. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents and authorities held the same line against sex that their parents had and this attitude remained unchanged for how long?

5. What grew and produced tension between generations in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

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