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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The grandmother.
(b) The grandfather.
(c) The mother.
(d) The father.

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Music.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

3. By what year did the word “date” enter the vocabulary of the middle class, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1937.

4. Where was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) Poland.
(b) France.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Austria.

5. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means amorous caressing and kissing?
(a) Condoning.
(b) Petting.
(c) Harassment.
(d) Fondling.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who within the dating system was initially the girl who was in the most demand for dates?

2. What is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?

3. The power of what declined as women entered the workforce according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

4. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. Ernest Burgess and his adherents were part of a large twentieth-century movement to centralize power in response to the unorganized forces of what?

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