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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Rural boredom.
(c) Religious standards.
(d) Teenage pregnancy.

3. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?
(a) Marriage and family.
(b) Mystery and romance.
(c) Hugs and kisses.
(d) A ring and a ceremony.

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

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

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

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

8. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few what got married?
(a) Neighbors.
(b) Acquaintances.
(c) Friends.
(d) Relatives.

9. The average marriage age did what after World War II?
(a) Increased slightly.
(b) Increased significantly.
(c) Stayed the same.
(d) Dropped significantly.

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

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

12. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship was transformed as youth were freed from what?
(a) Adult responsibilities and decisions.
(b) Rules and discipline.
(c) Curfews and chores.
(d) Expectations and supervision.

13. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Caregiver.
(b) Companion.
(c) Consumer.
(d) Provider.

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

15. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?
(a) Religion.
(b) Justice.
(c) Convention.
(d) Economy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?

3. 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"?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?

5. In the calling system, who took the initiative according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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