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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. 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.

2. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, masculinity was associated with what?
(a) Success.
(b) Dominance.
(c) Morality.
(d) Submission.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

3. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” dating promoted what?

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

5. Sigmund Freud was known as the founding father of what?

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

3. How did the sexual revolution change the currency of courtship?

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

5. What did the new sexual innovations represent symbolically to American youth in the period between World War I and the sexual revolution?

6. What results arose from the pairing of youth and sex in the twentieth century according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

7. When did marriage education courses begin at the University of North Carolina? Who initiated this program?

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

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

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

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