View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Men.
(b) Women.
(c) Parents.
(d) Friends.

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

3. 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.

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

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

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

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

8. 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) Government regulations.
(d) Middle class incomes.

9. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” individuals could start “going steady” at what age following World War II?
(a) 17.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 18.

10. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?
(a) Broke.
(b) Square.
(c) Noticed.
(d) Different.

11. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after returning from World War II, American college men saw their coed women as what?
(a) Wholesome and polite.
(b) Loving and humble.
(c) Spoiled and selfish.
(d) Rude and disconnected.

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

13. 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) Marriage.
(b) Graduation.
(c) Retiring.
(d) Having children.

14. 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.

15. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after World War II, what became considered a rude behavior?
(a) Driving too fast.
(b) Kissing in public.
(c) Cutting in on the dance floor.
(d) Asking for a second date.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?

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

4. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” simply having a date indicated what?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 546 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample