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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. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?
(a) Gender identities.
(b) International relations.
(c) Law and order.
(d) The middle class.

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

3. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Men.
(b) Parents.
(c) Women.
(d) Friends.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. 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?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?

4. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

5. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the centrality of what in dating had important implications?

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