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

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” traditional etiquette dominated American manners from the 1930s to when?
(a) The 1980s.
(b) The 1940s.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) The 1950s.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the unlawful compelling of a person through physical force or duress to have sexual intercourse?

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

3. What term refers to a person's sex drive or desire for sexual activity?

4. What book did Ernest Burgess write in 1939?

5. What consists of the processes in the mind that occur automatically and are not available to introspection?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did the media play in reinforcing masculinity and femininity according to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity"?

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

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

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

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

6. How did American youth come to define themselves after World War II? What tensions did this cause?

7. How were gender roles defined in the 1950s? How long was this view dominant in American society?

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

9. What societal movement was Ernest Burgess associated with? What were the goals of this movement?

10. What innovations does the author describe in the sexual behaviors of youth between World War I and the sexual revolution in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

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