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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. Beth Bailey asserts that courtship has been replaced by what in the book’s Epilogue?

2. What became a power struggle for freedom, equality, and autonomy according to the author in the Epilogue?

3. Mid-twentieth century masculinity and femininity were defined in opposition to one another and are what today?

4. When did Ernest Burgess die?

5. When was Sigmund Freud born?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Freudian psychology influence the perceptions of the sexes in the mid-twentieth century?

2. What metaphors have replaced the metaphors of economy, according to the author in the Epilogue?

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. How did the rise of a national youth culture change the power structure in America, according to the author in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

5. What does the author note about the past twenty-five years in her Epilogue?

6. What did the new sexual innovations represent symbolically to American youth in the period between World War I and the sexual revolution?

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

8. 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"?

9. How does the author describe the sexual behavior of youth in the early twentieth century in Chapter 4, "Sex Control"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the innovations of “petting” and “necking” in the early twentieth century. How were these terms defined by the youth culture? What did etiquette books say of these activities during the 1950s? When did perceptions of these actions change?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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