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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. According to the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love" love and marriage were to be regulated by whom?
(a) Women.
(b) Men.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Elites.

2. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?
(a) Praying.
(b) Arranged marriage.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Calling.

3. The average marriage age did what after World War II?
(a) Increased significantly.
(b) Dropped significantly.
(c) Increased slightly.
(d) Stayed the same.

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

5. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Movie theaters.
(b) College campuses.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?

2. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?

3. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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

5. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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