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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The protocol for going steady was strict and often involved what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Life and death experiences.
(b) The church’s blessing.
(c) A visible token.
(d) Written vows.

3. What book did Ernest Burgess write in 1939?
(a) Introduction to the Science of Sociology.
(b) Sociology and the Sexual Being.
(c) A Freudian Approach to Psychology.
(d) Predicting Success or Failure in Marriage.

4. Bailey proposes that metaphors of revolution replaced metaphors of what in the Epilogue?
(a) Politics.
(b) Education.
(c) Family.
(d) Economy.

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?
(a) Lasting friendship.
(b) Mutual gain.
(c) Disagreements.
(d) New experiences.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. What word from the book refers to conventional requirements as to social behavior?

4. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means to become aware of, know, or identify by means of the senses?

5. Mid-twentieth century masculinity and femininity were defined in opposition to one another and are what today?

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