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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 system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?
(a) Lying.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Morality.

2. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Men.
(b) Parents.
(c) Women.
(d) Friends.

3. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?
(a) Economic values.
(b) Homosexuality.
(c) The Roman Catholic Church.
(d) The transformation of dating.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?

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

4. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

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

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