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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” youth came to define themselves in terms of their what?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Musical taste.
(c) Consumption.
(d) Intelligence.

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

3. What does “STD” stand for?
(a) Sociological transmission dysfunction.
(b) Sexual tension and distraction.
(c) Sexually transmitted disease.
(d) Systemic Thoratic disease.

4. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Experience.
(c) Soap operas.
(d) Philosophy.

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

6. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1950s.
(c) The 1890s.
(d) The 1970s.

7. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Security.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Friendship.

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

9. What became more important as more forms of “upkeep” appeared in contemporary society, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Men’s appearance.
(b) Appearance of homes.
(c) Women’s appearance.
(d) Appearance of cars.

10. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” often competitive success in the dating system was demonstrated where?
(a) The bowling alley.
(b) City parks.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) The dance floor.

11. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” women who took the initiative in the dating system were thought to be what?
(a) Aggressive.
(b) Passive.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminine.

12. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American dating emerged as what became central to courtship?
(a) Looks.
(b) Money.
(c) Manners.
(d) Social connections.

13. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The bowling community.
(b) The religious community.
(c) The college community.
(d) The business community.

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

15. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the centrality of what in dating had important implications?
(a) Automobiles.
(b) The telephone.
(c) Sex.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” a date meant what?

2. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?

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

5. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?

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