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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term refers to the fear of emasculation in both the literal and metaphorical sense?
(a) Oedipal complex.
(b) Electra complex.
(c) France complex.
(d) Castration complex.

2. The sexual revolution began in what decade?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1960s.
(c) The 1930s.
(d) The 1940s.

3. The crisis of femininity was what to the crisis of masculinity, according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?
(a) Superimposed.
(b) Superseded.
(c) Subordinated.
(d) Elevated.

4. Marriage education courses began at the University of North Carolina in what year?
(a) 1944.
(b) 1898.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1927.

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

6. The sexual revolution was about the rights of who to express love sexually, according to the author in the Epilogue?
(a) The under-aged.
(b) Homosexuals.
(c) Heterosexuals.
(d) The unmarried.

7. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” dating promoted what?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Social isolation.
(c) Sexual experimentation.
(d) Long-lasting relationships.

8. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control” means to utilize, especially for profit?
(a) Donate.
(b) Control.
(c) Harvest.
(d) Exploit.

9. What consists of legends, music, oral history, proverbs, jokes, popular beliefs, fairy tales, stories, tall tales, and customs that are the traditions of a culture, subculture, or group?
(a) Social norms.
(b) Common decency.
(c) Folk wisdom.
(d) Spiritual laws.

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

11. What word from the book means having qualities traditionally ascribed to women?
(a) Etiquette.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Feminine.

12. 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) Police.
(c) Parents.
(d) Men.

13. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” gender identities had to be acquired and demonstrated and etiquette became what that governed courtship rituals?
(a) A church-regulated code.
(b) A complex code.
(c) A simple code.
(d) A politically regulated code.

14. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” women were encouraged to make an effort to become more feminine, partly to do what?
(a) Rescue men.
(b) Honor the church.
(c) Honor their parents.
(d) Be more traditional.

15. When were birth control pills first approved for contraceptive use in the United States?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1984.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Sigmund Freud born?

2. When was Sigmund Freud born?

3. What grew and produced tension between generations in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

4. 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?

5. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control” means refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion?

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