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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “Scientific Truth ... and Love”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Friends.
(b) Men.
(c) Parents.
(d) Women.

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) Life expectancy.
(c) Infant mortality.
(d) The sexual behaviors of youth.

3. What word in the book means a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth?
(a) Masculine.
(b) Etiquette.
(c) Feminine.
(d) Paradox.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.
(a) Actions.
(b) Luck.
(c) Fate.
(d) Wishes.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?
(a) Wooing.
(b) Loving.
(c) Convincing.
(d) Economic exchange.

Short Answer Questions

1. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?

3. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

4. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?

5. Where was Sigmund Freud born?

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