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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) Women.
(b) Parents.
(c) Friends.
(d) Men.

2. An incredibly high rate of what appeared after World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Separations.
(b) Divorces.
(c) Marriages.
(d) Teenage pregnancy.

3. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Movie theaters.
(b) Churches.
(c) Restaurants.
(d) College campuses.

4. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Communal living.
(c) Coed dorms.
(d) Polygamy.

5. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The dating system.
(b) The call system.
(c) The arranged marriage system.
(d) The petting system.

Short Answer Questions

1. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, 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. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?

4. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” a date meant what?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. The transition to dating as a courtship ritual emerged to accommodate what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What role did money have in American dating when it emerged? How was a date defined at this time, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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