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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,” youth came to define themselves in terms of their what?
(a) Physical strength.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Musical taste.
(d) Intelligence.

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?
(a) Loving.
(b) Convincing.
(c) Economic exchange.
(d) Wooing.

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?
(a) Passive.
(b) Aggressive.
(c) Masculine.
(d) Feminine.

4. 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 appearance.
(c) Their religion.
(d) Their wealth.

5. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Experience.
(b) Dreams.
(c) Soap operas.
(d) Philosophy.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?

3. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?

5. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did the system of dating evolve after World War II? Why did it evolve?

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

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

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

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

7. How does the author describe the process of a young woman’s coming of age in accepting callers in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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

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

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