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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?
(a) The Roman Catholic Church.
(b) The transformation of dating.
(c) Homosexuality.
(d) Economic values.

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

3. 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 dance floor.
(d) The movie theater.

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

5. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Women’s intelligence.
(b) Women’s beauty.
(c) Men’s money.
(d) Men’s attractiveness.

6. 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) 1952.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1937.

7. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?
(a) Economics.
(b) Youth culture.
(c) Politics.
(d) Science.

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

9. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The priest.
(b) The woman.
(c) The man.
(d) The mayor.

10. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Marrying early.
(b) Waiting to get married.
(c) Not marrying out of state.
(d) Marrying inside one’s religion.

11. In the calling system, who took the initiative according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Men.
(b) Friends.
(c) Parents.
(d) Women.

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

13. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?
(a) Lying.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Morality.
(d) Selfishness.

14. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the process of going steady factored out what?
(a) Competition.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Politics.
(d) Traditional values.

15. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Teenage pregnancy.
(b) Divorces.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Separations.

Short Answer Questions

1. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?

3. What became a method of entering society and of taking a couple's place in the social and economic life of the United States according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

4. 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”?

5. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?

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