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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, “Calling Cards and Money”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Consumer.
(b) Provider.
(c) Companion.
(d) Caregiver.

2. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The mother.
(b) The grandfather.
(c) The grandmother.
(d) The father.

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

4. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?
(a) The 1970s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1920s.

5. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Soap operas.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Experience.

Short Answer Questions

1. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?

2. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?

3. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?

5. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?

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