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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. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?

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

3. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?

4. According to the author, dating was about competition and what in the 1930s?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define and discuss gender identity and its evolution in the past 100 years. How have “traditional” masculine and feminine roles been defined? When did these begin to change? What impact did those changes have on the culture of courtship?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the rise in American youth culture and the association of youth culture with sexual experimentation. How and when did the sexual behavior of youth begin to evolve? What led to this change? How was the media involved in this evolution?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the etiquette, traditions, and culture of the female American college student in the early twentieth century. How many women went to colleges at this time? When did coed universities emerge? How did women in college influence the systems of courtship?

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