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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 3, "The Worth of a Date,” simply having a date indicated what?
(a) Experience.
(b) Failure.
(c) Friendship.
(d) Success.

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” in the 1950s and 1960s, what became highly prized?
(a) The African American girl.
(b) The Native American girl.
(c) The large-breasted girl.
(d) The small-footed girl.

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

4. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?
(a) Praying.
(b) Calling.
(c) Arranged marriage.
(d) Yelling.

5. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1930s.
(b) 1910s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity,” women were encouraged to make an effort to become more feminine, partly to do what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American public culture since the 1920s reiterated that women should compete for men by doing what?

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American dating emerged as what became central to courtship?

4. What courtship events does the author describe in colleges in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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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