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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 in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” simply having a date indicated what?
(a) Experience.
(b) Failure.
(c) Success.
(d) Friendship.

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

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

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

5. According to the author, dating was about competition and what in the 1930s?
(a) Philosophy.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Religion.
(d) Truthfulness.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

3. 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?

4. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” American dating emerged as what became central to courtship?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the importance of female appearance evolve during the twentieth century, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

2. What subject did Beth Bailey discuss on a talk show in the 1970s? On what show did she appear?

3. What did Beth Bailey and her fellow discussants state about the transformation of courtship when she appeared on television in the 1970s?

4. What defined popularity in the world of courtship after World War II?

5. What arguments did experts make regarding the public nature of dating, according to the author in the Introduction?

6. What demographic emerged in the late nineteenth century? What impact did this group have on the systems of courtship?

7. The transition to dating as a courtship ritual emerged to accommodate what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating"?

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

9. Why was sexual intimacy criticized as a means of human connection, according to the author in the Introduction?

10. How does the author describe the costs of courtship in the early days of the dating system? What “special dates” could incur even greater costs?

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