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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,” the centrality of what in dating had important implications?
(a) Sex.
(b) Money.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) The telephone.

2. Where was Sigmund Freud born?
(a) Austria.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Poland.
(d) France.

3. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?
(a) Their wealth.
(b) Their appearance.
(c) Their intelligence.
(d) Their religion.

4. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” traditional etiquette dominated American manners from the 1930s to when?
(a) The 1960s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1940s.
(d) The 1980s.

5. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) College campuses.
(c) Movie theaters.
(d) Churches.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first daters complained about what, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

2. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?

4. What term refers to the fear of emasculation in both the literal and metaphorical sense?

5. 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?

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