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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 in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?
(a) Expectations.
(b) Extremes.
(c) Exceptions.
(d) Experience.

2. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The mother.
(b) The maid.
(c) The father.
(d) The brother.

3. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Yale University.
(c) Temple University.
(d) Harvard University.

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

5. How many American men disappeared during World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 3 million.
(b) 9 million.
(c) 16 million.
(d) 5 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

2. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?

3. What word from Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date” means to make larger?

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, the norms of American parents were reflective of what?

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