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

2. Bailey notes that dating experience was only presented as a national what in the Introduction?
(a) Phenomenon.
(b) Pastime.
(c) Sport.
(d) Institution.

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

4. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Harvard University.
(d) Temple University.

5. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Religious control.
(b) Parental control.
(c) Moral control.
(d) Self control.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?

2. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?

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

4. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?

5. What does “STD” stand for?

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