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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 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?
(a) Gold jewelry.
(b) High heels.
(c) A hat.
(d) A coat.

2. By what year did the word “date” enter the vocabulary of the middle class, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1937.

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?
(a) A strict upbringing.
(b) Siblings.
(c) Room to receive calls.
(d) Mothers.

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

5. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1978.
(d) 1965.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

3. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?

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