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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. What category does the author assert did not exist in the nineteenth century?
(a) Retired.
(b) Homosexual.
(c) Interracial.
(d) Youth.

2. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?
(a) In school.
(b) In a public world.
(c) In private places.
(d) In church.

3. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” in the new media literature, masculinity was associated with what?
(a) Success.
(b) Morality.
(c) Submission.
(d) Dominance.

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) Social mores as a whole.
(b) The religious whole.
(c) The minority.
(d) Gender identity.

5. According to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control,” parents and authorities held the same line against sex that their parents had and this attitude remained unchanged for how long?
(a) The first two-thirds of the twentieth century.
(b) The first quarter of the nineteenth century.
(c) The last quarter of the nineteenth century.
(d) The first half of the twentieth century.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?

2. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?

3. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

4. In the calling system, who took the initiative according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

5. The average marriage age did what after World War II?

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