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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love" all arose from sweeping social forces that came from what?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) Evolution.
(c) The Civil Rights Movement.
(d) Modernization.

2. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Soap operas.
(c) Experience.
(d) Dreams.

3. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1954.

4. What became acceptable during the period of the sexual revolution?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Living together.
(c) Drug use.
(d) Heterosexuality.

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American public culture since the 1920s reiterated that women should compete for men by doing what?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing sports.
(d) Consuming.

Short Answer Questions

1. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. After World War II, what became a common practice according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

3. The sexual revolution was primarily a revolution in what, according to the author in the Epilogue?

4. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents tried to retain what of American womanhood?

5. Bailey proposes that metaphors of economy replaced metaphors of what in the Epilogue?

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