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

2. Bailey notes that dating experience was only presented as a national what in the Introduction?
(a) Phenomenon.
(b) Sport.
(c) Pastime.
(d) Institution.

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

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

5. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?
(a) Loving.
(b) Wooing.
(c) Economic exchange.
(d) Convincing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?

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

3. 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"?

4. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about 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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