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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. A sociologist from what educational institution was one of the most important members of the marriage-education movement?
(a) The University of Chicago.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Rutgers University.
(d) Yale University.

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

4. Parents responded to youth’s sexual freedom by limiting their children’s privacy and setting up what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) House rules.
(b) Parent-teacher conferences.
(c) Curfews.
(d) Study schedules.

5. 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 simple code.
(c) A politically regulated code.
(d) A complex code.

Short Answer Questions

1. The crisis of femininity was what to the crisis of masculinity, according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?

2. From Front Porch to Back Seat was published in what year?

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

4. The sexual revolution began in what decade?

5. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, femininity became associated with what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does the author assert that men and women submitted to the system of gender etiquette in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?

2. How do American youth feel about the lack of clarity in the rules of contemporary dating according to the author in the Epilogue?

3. According to the author in the Epilogue, the sexual revolution was primarily a revolution in meaning. What does she mean by this?

4. How did physical displays of affection evolve in the early part of the twentieth century?

5. What six themes of courtship does the author describe in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?

6. How does the author describe the sexual behavior of youth in the early twentieth century in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

7. What were the strengths and weaknesses of marriage experts in the twentieth century?

8. What paradox of gender etiquette does the author describe in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?

9. How did the rise of a national youth culture change the power structure in America, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

10. How did the category of “American youth” change from the nineteenth to the twentieth century?

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