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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, “Scientific Truth ... and Love”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Fraternity boys.
(c) Sorority girls.
(d) Nuns.

2. When was Ernest Burgess born?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1930.

3. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The priest.
(b) The mayor.
(c) The woman.
(d) The man.

4. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Sex.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Love.

5. What magazine does the author assert created a hideaway for men in Chapter 5, "The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”?
(a) Sports Illustrated.
(b) Car and Driver.
(c) Playboy.
(d) Backpacker.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few what got married?

3. What book by Ernest Burgess was one of the most influential sociology texts ever written?

4. What word in the book means a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth?

5. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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