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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. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?
(a) A ring and a ceremony.
(b) Hugs and kisses.
(c) Mystery and romance.
(d) Marriage and family.

2. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The brother.
(b) The maid.
(c) The mother.
(d) The father.

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

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

5. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Lying.
(c) Morality.
(d) Consumption.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?

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

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

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

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