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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 acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Friends.
(b) Women.
(c) Parents.
(d) Men.

2. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Security.
(b) Companionship.
(c) Freedom.
(d) Friendship.

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

4. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?
(a) Praying.
(b) Calling.
(c) Arranged marriage.
(d) Yelling.

5. The first daters complained about what, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Parental supervision.
(b) The investment of time.
(c) The cost of courtship.
(d) Dating the wrong people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who within the dating system was initially the girl who was in the most demand for dates?

2. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?

3. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” America's culture of consumption sees paired acts as opportunities for what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How was marketing involved in the evolution of women’s idealized beauty in the 1950s and 1960s?

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

4. When did the term “dating” first enter the American vocabulary? From whom did this term originate?

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

6. 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"?

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

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

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

10. 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"?

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