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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Marrying inside one’s religion.
(b) Marrying early.
(c) Not marrying out of state.
(d) Waiting to get married.

2. What consists of the processes in the mind that occur automatically and are not available to introspection?
(a) The biological mind.
(b) The natural mind.
(c) The psychic mind.
(d) The unconscious mind.

3. What did following the proper rules of the calling system indicate, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Good fortune.
(b) Good breeding.
(c) Good morals.
(d) Intelligence.

4. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” many youths defined themselves as youth through what?
(a) Studying hard.
(b) Playing sports.
(c) Public sexuality.
(d) Breaking the law.

5. Going steady stopped being a guaranteed path to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Financial success.
(c) Enlightenment.
(d) Having children.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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"?

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

4. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?

5. 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?

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