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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, “Calling Cards and Money”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) The Agrarian Era.
(b) The Industrial Revolution.
(c) The Great Awakening.
(d) The Digital Revolution.

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.
(a) Actions.
(b) Luck.
(c) Fate.
(d) Wishes.

3. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Desire.
(d) Justice.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?
(a) Expectations.
(b) Experience.
(c) Exceptions.
(d) Extremes.

5. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?
(a) In school.
(b) In private places.
(c) In a public world.
(d) In church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?

3. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

4. What did following the proper rules of the calling system indicate, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

5. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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