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

2. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Economy.
(c) Justice.
(d) Convention.

3. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?
(a) Economic values.
(b) The Roman Catholic Church.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) The transformation of dating.

4. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Women’s intelligence.
(b) Men’s money.
(c) Men’s attractiveness.
(d) Women’s beauty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.

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

3. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?

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

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