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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” in the 1950s and 1960s, what became highly prized?
(a) The Native American girl.
(b) The large-breasted girl.
(c) The small-footed girl.
(d) The African American girl.

4. Going steady stopped being a guaranteed path to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Financial success.
(b) Having children.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Enlightenment.

5. What did following the proper rules of the calling system indicate, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Intelligence.
(b) Good fortune.
(c) Good breeding.
(d) Good morals.

6. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Commitment.
(b) Love.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Sex.

7. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American public culture since the 1920s reiterated that women should compete for men by doing what?
(a) Consuming.
(b) Singing.
(c) Playing sports.
(d) Dancing.

8. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Money.
(b) Sex.
(c) Politics.
(d) Religion.

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

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

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

12. What are shown in the book to be highly variable and responsive to changes in social attitudes and economic developments?
(a) Government regulations.
(b) Middle class incomes.
(c) Cultural norms.
(d) Religious attitudes.

13. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?
(a) Sexism.
(b) Economic exchange.
(c) Cultural growth.
(d) Selfishness.

14. What word from Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date” means to make larger?
(a) Augment.
(b) Fortify.
(c) Illuminate.
(d) Transform.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?

4. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

5. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

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