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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 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?
(a) Religious standards.
(b) Urban-industrial America.
(c) Rural boredom.
(d) Teenage pregnancy.

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?
(a) Mutual gain.
(b) New experiences.
(c) Lasting friendship.
(d) Disagreements.

3. What courtship events does the author describe in colleges in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Football games.
(b) Exams.
(c) Graduations.
(d) Dances.

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

5. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?
(a) Connection.
(b) Ball and chain.
(c) Lover.
(d) Steady.

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. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” women who took the initiative in the dating system were thought to be what?

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” simply having a date indicated what?

4. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

5. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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