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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, “The Economy of Dating”.

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Economic exchange.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Cultural growth.

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

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

5. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The call system.
(b) The petting system.
(c) The arranged marriage system.
(d) The dating system.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship was transformed as youth were freed from what?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?

5. After World War II, what became a common practice according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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