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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “Scientific Truth ... and Love”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mid-twentieth century masculinity and femininity were defined in opposition to one another and are what today?
(a) Contemporary sex roles.
(b) Traditional sex roles.
(c) Futuristic sex roles.
(d) Obsolete.

2. Marriage education courses began at the University of North Carolina in what year?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1898.

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. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?
(a) Communal living.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Coed dorms.
(d) Homosexuality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Sigmund Freud born?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?

3. 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?

4. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?

5. What consists of the processes in the mind that occur automatically and are not available to introspection?

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