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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” gender identities had to be acquired and demonstrated and etiquette became what that governed courtship rituals?
(a) A complex code.
(b) A politically regulated code.
(c) A church-regulated code.
(d) A simple code.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the centrality of what in dating had important implications?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) The telephone.
(c) Sex.
(d) Money.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?
(a) Youth culture.
(b) Science.
(c) Politics.
(d) Economics.

4. The system of dating and sex made who the controllers of sex as they had to enforce sexual limits, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control”?
(a) Parents.
(b) Police.
(c) Women.
(d) Men.

5. What magazine does the author assert created a hideaway for men in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?
(a) Playboy.
(b) Backpacker.
(c) Car and Driver.
(d) Sports Illustrated.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” often competitive success in the dating system was demonstrated where?

2. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

3. The first daters complained about what, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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

5. When was Ernest Burgess born?

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