From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-century America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Beth L. Bailey
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From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-century America Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

Beth L. Bailey
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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. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?
(a) Politics.
(b) Science.
(c) Youth culture.
(d) Economics.

2. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Churches.
(b) College campuses.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) Movie theaters.

3. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?
(a) Negative.
(b) Radical.
(c) Positive.
(d) Political.

4. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1978.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

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

3. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. The author describes a scenario in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money" in which a man calls on a city girl and when he arrives she is wearing what?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship was transformed as youth were freed from what?

(see the answer key)

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