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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1, “Calling Cards and Money”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The maid.
(b) The father.
(c) The brother.
(d) The mother.

2. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?
(a) Economic values.
(b) The Roman Catholic Church.
(c) The transformation of dating.
(d) Homosexuality.

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?
(a) Siblings.
(b) A strict upbringing.
(c) Mothers.
(d) Room to receive calls.

4. The author describes a scenario in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money" in which a man calls on a city girl and when he arrives she is wearing what?
(a) Gold jewelry.
(b) A hat.
(c) High heels.
(d) A coat.

5. In the calling system, who took the initiative according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Parents.
(b) Women.
(c) Friends.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did following the proper rules of the calling system indicate, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?

3. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

4. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?

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