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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 within the dating system was initially the girl who was in the most demand for dates?
(a) The redheaded girl.
(b) The popular girl.
(c) The smart girl.
(d) The rich girl.

2. 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”?
(a) The religious community.
(b) The bowling community.
(c) The college community.
(d) The business community.

3. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1954.

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

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?
(a) Broke.
(b) Noticed.
(c) Square.
(d) Different.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the process of going steady factored out what?

2. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?

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

4. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?

5. What refers to a token indicating future marriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. At what settings did the system of dating originate? How did this system spread?

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

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

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

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

10. How does the author describe the system of dating as a public one in the Introduction?

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