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

2. What is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel one's own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts?
(a) Repression.
(b) Aggression.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Persuasion.

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

4. What term referred to caresses above the neck, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Squatting.
(b) Smirking.
(c) Necking.
(d) Fondling.

5. What grew and produced tension between generations in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Religious attitudes.
(b) Technological advances.
(c) Marriage laws.
(d) New sexual conventions.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?

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

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

4. Sigmund Freud was known as the founding father of what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

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