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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 the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?
(a) Gender identity.
(b) The minority.
(c) The religious whole.
(d) Social mores as a whole.

2. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” women and men were keen on assessing each other’s what?
(a) Reputational worth.
(b) Life experiences.
(c) Monetary wealth.
(d) Moral compass.

3. What does “STD” stand for?
(a) Sociological transmission dysfunction.
(b) Sexual tension and distraction.
(c) Systemic Thoratic disease.
(d) Sexually transmitted disease.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few women had what?
(a) Free time.
(b) Parlors.
(c) Cars.
(d) Money.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?
(a) Convention.
(b) Economy.
(c) Religion.
(d) Justice.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?

3. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?

4. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. The new practice of going steady entirely destroyed what system according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. How did the importance of female appearance evolve during the twentieth century, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

9. How does the author describe the costs of courtship in the early days of the dating system? What “special dates” could incur even greater costs?

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

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