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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The power of what declined as women entered the workforce according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?
(a) Churches.
(b) Schools.
(c) Men.
(d) Family.

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

5. One idea underlying the system of control in dating was the refusal of the older generation to allow the young to overcome what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Gender opposition.
(b) Traditional values.
(c) Religious values.
(d) Economic values.

6. Pressures arose in the dating system for women to “act like” what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Queens.
(b) Princesses.
(c) Ladies.
(d) Nuns.

7. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” those born between 1900 and when grew up with new understandings of sexuality?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1930.
(d) 1940.

8. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents tried to retain what of American womanhood?
(a) The “absolute purity.”
(b) The “moral integrity.”
(c) The “divine concept.”
(d) The “common decency.”

9. What word in the book means a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth?
(a) Paradox.
(b) Feminine.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Etiquette.

10. The sexual revolution lasted into what decade?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1990s.

11. What is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?
(a) Meteorology.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Psychopathology.

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

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

14. The new freedoms of the sexual revolution did what to the rules, according to the author in the Epilogue?
(a) Clarified them.
(b) Improved them.
(c) Ruined them.
(d) Elevated them.

15. When was Ernest Burgess born?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1907.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1924.

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from the book means having qualities traditionally ascribed to women?

2. 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?

3. The sexual revolution was about the rights of who to express love sexually, according to the author in the Epilogue?

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

5. What magazine does the author assert created a hideaway for men in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?

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