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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The Agrarian Era.
(c) The Digital Revolution.
(d) The Great Awakening.

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

4. 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) Radical.
(d) Negative.

5. 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”?
(a) Graduation.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Having children.

6. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The mother.
(b) The maid.
(c) The brother.
(d) The father.

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

8. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?
(a) The minority.
(b) Gender identity.
(c) Social mores as a whole.
(d) The religious whole.

9. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?
(a) The Ricki Lake Show.
(b) The Jerry Springer Show.
(c) The Geraldo Rivera Show.
(d) The Phil Donahue Show.

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

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

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

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

14. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?
(a) In school.
(b) In private places.
(c) In church.
(d) In a public world.

15. 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) Mutual gain.
(b) Disagreements.
(c) New experiences.
(d) Lasting friendship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few what got married?

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating became a system of what?

4. Beth Bailey asserts that contemporary men are objectified as what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

5. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

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