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

2. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?
(a) Their intelligence.
(b) Their religion.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their appearance.

3. What “special dates” incurred great cost, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Fairs.
(b) Graduations.
(c) Proms.
(d) Square dances.

4. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?
(a) Exceptions.
(b) Expectations.
(c) Experience.
(d) Extremes.

5. 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) Money.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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

4. What became more important as more forms of “upkeep” appeared in contemporary society, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

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”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. 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"?

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

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

6. What values were involved in the early system of dating? What was scorned within this early system?

7. How did American men view their coeds on college campuses after returning from World War II?

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

9. What physical asset became idealized during the 1950s and 1960s, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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

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