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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,” many treated going steady as what?

2. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

3. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

5. Ideals of beauty were often set by whom, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did those in the upper classes view the dating culture of the lower classes, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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

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

5. 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"?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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 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 3

Discuss the origins, history, and evolution of the beauty industry in the United States. Prior to World War II, how was beauty marketed in the U.S.? How did ideals change for female beauty following the war? How was beauty depicted as a commodity to be purchased and sold?

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