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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. 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”?
(a) The business community.
(b) The bowling community.
(c) The religious community.
(d) The college community.

2. One idea underlying the system of control in dating was the refusal of the older generation to allow the young to overcome what, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Religious values.
(b) Traditional values.
(c) Economic values.
(d) Gender opposition.

3. What is a technique used in psychoanalysis which was originally devised by Sigmund Freud out of the hypnotic method of Josef Breuer?
(a) Sexuality tests.
(b) IQ tests.
(c) Free association.
(d) Limited association.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?
(a) The minority.
(b) Social mores as a whole.
(c) Gender identity.
(d) The religious whole.

5. What word from Chapter 4, "Sex Control” means to utilize, especially for profit?
(a) Control.
(b) Donate.
(c) Harvest.
(d) Exploit.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

2. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. What grew and produced tension between generations in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

4. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.

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