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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Beth Bailey notes that contemporary women are sexually objectified based upon what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship was transformed as youth were freed from what?

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few what got married?

4. Beth Bailey asserts that contemporary men are objectified as what in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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

3. 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"?

4. How did the importance of female appearance evolve during the twentieth century, according to the author 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 marriage change in the 1950s and 1960s? How was marriage related to consumption?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the role of money in the early system of dating. Who controlled the money in the arrangement? How did this reflect power in the system? What were the standards of etiquette regarding money in the dating system?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the generational battles which emerged after World War II in America. What caused this divide between generations? How did the conflicts between the young and old affect the culture of dating? How did these conflicts affect the institution of marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the emergence of school proms and the etiquette and culture surrounding them. When did these formal dances first originate? How were they supervised? When and why did the traditions of corsages and boutonnières appear? What costs were associated with early proms?

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