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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” many came to believe for biological reasons that being what was natural to humanity?
(a) Female.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Male.
(d) Heterosexual.

2. The sexual revolution was primarily a revolution in what, according to the author in the Epilogue?
(a) Tolerance.
(b) Acceptance.
(c) Fairness.
(d) Meaning.

3. In the Epilogue, Bailey notes that it had been how long since the dating system lost its coherence and dominance?
(a) 40 years.
(b) 75 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) 60 years.

4. What magazine does the author assert created a hideaway for men in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?
(a) Car and Driver.
(b) Backpacker.
(c) Playboy.
(d) Sports Illustrated.

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

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

7. What became a power struggle for freedom, equality, and autonomy according to the author in the Epilogue?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Dating.
(c) Necking.
(d) Sex.

8. From Front Porch to Back Seat was published in what year?
(a) 1990.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1988.

9. What did not differ in the first four decades of the twentieth century from their nineteenth century counterparts?
(a) Infant mortality.
(b) The average age of marriage.
(c) The sexual behaviors of youth.
(d) Life expectancy.

10. What term referred to caresses above the neck, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Smirking.
(b) Fondling.
(c) Necking.
(d) Squatting.

11. 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 politically regulated code.
(b) A simple code.
(c) A complex code.
(d) A church-regulated code.

12. 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?
(a) The first half of the twentieth century.
(b) The first quarter of the nineteenth century.
(c) The last quarter of the nineteenth century.
(d) The first two-thirds of the twentieth century.

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

14. What became the symbol of youth culture according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Reading.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Sex.
(d) Music.

15. What grew and produced tension between generations in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Technological advances.
(b) Marriage laws.
(c) New sexual conventions.
(d) Religious attitudes.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year does the author say that a sociologist was one of the most important members of the marriage-education movement in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” those born between 1900 and when grew up with new understandings of sexuality?

4. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control" means amorous caressing and kissing?

5. What is the second of the six themes of courtship described by the author in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?

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