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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) Democracy.
(b) Social isolation.
(c) Sexual experimentation.
(d) Long-lasting relationships.

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

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

4. Bailey proposes that metaphors of revolution replaced metaphors of what in the Epilogue?
(a) Politics.
(b) Education.
(c) Economy.
(d) Family.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ernest Burgess die?

2. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents tried to retain what of American womanhood?

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

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

5. The sexual revolution lasted into what decade?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How was the crisis of femininity treated in mid-twentieth century America?

4. What did Ernest Burgess advocate doing in order to address the issue of courtship in America?

5. How did Freudian psychology influence the perceptions of the sexes in the mid-twentieth century?

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

7. Who was blamed for the breakdown in gender identity? Why?

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

9. What metaphors have replaced the metaphors of economy, according to the author in the Epilogue?

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

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