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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. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Movie stars.
(b) Sports heroes.
(c) Returning veterans.
(d) Political office holders.

2. When was Ernest Burgess born?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1930.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1924.

3. What became a method of entering society and of taking a couple's place in the social and economic life of the United States according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Having children.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Graduation.

4. The fact that men paid for dates was thought to imply that women owed them what, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Allegiance.
(b) Sexual favors.
(c) Money.
(d) A dowry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A sociologist argued that the changes in American attitudes towards marriage after World War I were the consequence of what in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?

2. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?

5. According to the author, the norms of American parents were reflective of what?

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