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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 was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?
(a) Coed dorms.
(b) Polygamy.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Communal living.

2. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1930s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1910s.

3. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Electricity.
(b) The telephone.
(c) The bicycle.
(d) The automobile.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.
(a) Wishes.
(b) Actions.
(c) Fate.
(d) Luck.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?

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

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

5. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?

(see the answer key)

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