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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, “The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” in the 1950s and 1960s, what became highly prized?
(a) The Native American girl.
(b) The African American girl.
(c) The large-breasted girl.
(d) The small-footed girl.

2. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?
(a) American media.
(b) School activities.
(c) Family values.
(d) Religious scripture.

3. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?
(a) The middle class.
(b) Gender identities.
(c) Law and order.
(d) International relations.

4. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” women and men were keen on assessing each other’s what?
(a) Life experiences.
(b) Moral compass.
(c) Reputational worth.
(d) Monetary wealth.

5. Sigmund Freud was known as the founding father of what?
(a) Geology.
(b) Physics.
(c) Psychoanalysis.
(d) Dentistry.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author describes a scenario in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money" in which a man calls on a city girl and when he arrives she is wearing what?

2. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. What became a method of entering society and of taking a couple's place in the social and economic life of the United States according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?

5. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?

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