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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, “The Worth of a Date”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, dating was about competition and what in the 1930s?
(a) Truthfulness.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Religion.

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

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

4. 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 intelligence.
(c) Women’s beauty.
(d) Men’s attractiveness.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?
(a) Social mores as a whole.
(b) The religious whole.
(c) The minority.
(d) Gender identity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few what got married?

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

5. According to the author, the norms of American parents were reflective of what?

(see the answer key)

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