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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The system of dating and sex made who the controllers of sex as they had to enforce sexual limits, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Women.
(b) Parents.
(c) Men.
(d) Police.

2. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The bowling community.
(b) The religious community.
(c) The college community.
(d) The business community.

3. What term refers to a person's sex drive or desire for sexual activity?
(a) Abstinence.
(b) Hormones.
(c) Intercourse.
(d) Libido.

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” women often responded to the system of dating and sex by trying to “seem” respectable but privately engaging in illicit sexual activity, resulting in the rumors about good girls in reality being what?
(a) Easy.
(b) Bad.
(c) Liars.
(d) Evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” in the 1950s and 1960s, what became highly prized?

2. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” dating promoted what?

4. What is the third of the six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?

5. Beth Bailey asserts that contemporary men are objectified as what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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