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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,” American public culture since the 1920s reiterated that women should compete for men by doing what?
(a) Singing.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Playing sports.
(d) Consuming.

2. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?
(a) The Phil Donahue Show.
(b) The Jerry Springer Show.
(c) The Geraldo Rivera Show.
(d) The Ricki Lake Show.

3. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The mother.
(c) The father.
(d) The grandmother.

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

5. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Love.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. The fact that men paid for dates was thought to imply that women owed them what, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

3. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

4. What does “STD” stand for?

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after World War II dating was still a way to demonstrate what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the evolution of focus on female appearance impact consumption in America, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What system of courtship dominated the American lifestyle prior to the mid-1920s? How did dating change this system?

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

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

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

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