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

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

3. What word from the book means pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men?

4. The rise of national youth culture meant that what divisions mattered more than the divisions between boy and girl?

5. What became acceptable during the period of the sexual revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Ernest Burgess? What did he argue about changes in American attitudes toward marriage?

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

3. 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"?

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

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

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

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

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

9. 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"?

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 the Industrial Revolution on courtship in America and in Europe. Where did the Industrial Revolution spread after originating in England? What new demographic resulted from the Industrial Revolution? How did the emerging middle class impact the culture of wooing?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the objectification of men and women in the 1950s. What were presented as “ideals” in the sexes during this time period? How did these ideals differ from perceptions prior to World War II? What role did American consumption play in this change?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of money in the early system of dating. Who controlled the money in the arrangement? How did this reflect power in the system? What were the standards of etiquette regarding money in the dating system?

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