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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The petting system.
(b) The arranged marriage system.
(c) The call system.
(d) The dating system.

2. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Self control.
(b) Parental control.
(c) Moral control.
(d) Religious control.

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” a date meant what?
(a) The father chaperones.
(b) The girl pays.
(c) The boy drives.
(d) The boy pays for the girl.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?
(a) Music.
(b) Religion.
(c) Politics.
(d) Modernity.

5. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?
(a) Religious scripture.
(b) School activities.
(c) Family values.
(d) American media.

6. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” many treated going steady as what?
(a) Play-marriage.
(b) An overwhelming endeavor.
(c) An excuse to have sex.
(d) Engagement.

7. The new practice of going steady entirely destroyed what system according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The dating-rating system.
(b) The call system.
(c) The marriage system.
(d) The courting system.

8. What courtship events does the author describe in colleges in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Exams.
(b) Graduations.
(c) Dances.
(d) Football games.

9. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Justice.
(c) Desire.
(d) Marriage.

10. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?
(a) Lover.
(b) Connection.
(c) Ball and chain.
(d) Steady.

11. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?
(a) Urban-industrial America.
(b) Teenage pregnancy.
(c) Religious standards.
(d) Rural boredom.

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

13. 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) Feminine.
(b) Masculine.
(c) Aggressive.
(d) Passive.

14. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?
(a) New experiences.
(b) Lasting friendship.
(c) Mutual gain.
(d) Disagreements.

15. 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) Women.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. After World War II, what became a common practice according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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

3. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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. What constantly portrayed the other sex as commodities, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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