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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What category does the author assert did not exist in the nineteenth century?
2. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, femininity became associated with what?
3. Bailey proposes that metaphors of economy replaced metaphors of what in the Epilogue?
4. When did Ernest Burgess die?
5. What is the study of mental illness, mental distress, and abnormal/maladaptive behavior?
Short Essay Questions
1. What metaphors have replaced the metaphors of economy, according to the author in the Epilogue?
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. How did the new freedoms brought about by the sexual revolution change the rules of dating?
4. What did the new sexual innovations represent symbolically to American youth in the period between World War I and the sexual revolution?
5. What six themes of courtship does the author describe in Chapter 6, "Scientific Truth ... and Love"?
6. What were the strengths and weaknesses of marriage experts in the twentieth century?
7. When did marriage education courses begin at the University of North Carolina? Who initiated this program?
8. 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"?
9. How did American youth come to define themselves after World War II? What tensions did this cause?
10. How were gender roles defined in the 1950s? How long was this view dominant in American society?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact of World War II on the system of dating and courtship in America. What did “going steady” mean and why did it gain prominence after the war? How were women’s roles changed during and after the war? Why did they change?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the tradition of dancing as a courtship ritual in the United States. When and where were dances held? What was considered appropriate etiquette on the dance floor? How did this etiquette evolve after World War II? Why did it change?
Essay Topic 3
Define and discuss gender identity and its evolution in the past 100 years. How have “traditional” masculine and feminine roles been defined? When did these begin to change? What impact did those changes have on the culture of courtship?
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