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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. By what year did the word “date” enter the vocabulary of the middle class, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1928.

2. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?
(a) 1920-1965.
(b) 1860-1915.
(c) 1960-2000.
(d) 1945-1980.

3. What refers to a token indicating future marriage?
(a) Engagement ring.
(b) Dowry.
(c) Letterman jacket.
(d) Medal of honor.

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

5. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?
(a) Calling.
(b) Praying.
(c) Arranged marriage.
(d) Yelling.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?

2. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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

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

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

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