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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. In the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?
(a) Radical.
(b) Negative.
(c) Positive.
(d) Political.

2. By what year did the word “date” enter the vocabulary of the middle class, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) 1910.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1928.

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?
(a) Sociologists.
(b) Fraternity boys.
(c) Sorority girls.
(d) Nuns.

4. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?
(a) Marriage and family.
(b) Hugs and kisses.
(c) A ring and a ceremony.
(d) Mystery and romance.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Morality.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?

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

3. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?

4. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

5. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?

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