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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Movie theaters.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Churches.
(d) College campuses.

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

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

4. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 19.
(b) 30.
(c) 27.
(d) 22.

5. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?
(a) 1910s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1900s.
(d) 1930s.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?

2. How many American men disappeared during World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

3. After World War II, what became a common practice according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

4. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” many treated going steady as what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did money have in American dating when it emerged? How was a date defined at this time, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

2. How did marriage change in the 1950s and 1960s? How was marriage related to consumption?

3. What time period does From Front Porch to Back Seat focus on? What is the central focus of the book?

4. How did dating change the power distribution of courtship according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

5. How did competition on the dance floor evolve after World War II?

6. To what demographic does Beth Bailey align the system of dating in the Introduction?

7. How did the emergence of dating change the values of consumption, according to the author in the Introduction?

8. How did those in the upper classes view the dating culture of the lower classes, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

9. How does the author describe the objectification of the sexes in contemporary society in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

10. How was the system of dating perceived in the 1950s? What was the basis of the dating system?

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