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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) Love.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Sex.

2. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?
(a) The 1950s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1920s.

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

4. 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?
(a) Sorority girls.
(b) Sociologists.
(c) Nuns.
(d) Fraternity boys.

5. What does “STD” stand for?
(a) Sexually transmitted disease.
(b) Sexual tension and distraction.
(c) Sociological transmission dysfunction.
(d) Systemic Thoratic disease.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?

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

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