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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. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.
(a) Actions.
(b) Fate.
(c) Luck.
(d) Wishes.

2. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Men’s attractiveness.
(b) Women’s beauty.
(c) Women’s intelligence.
(d) Men’s money.

3. From Front Porch to Back Seat concerns America’s system of courtship principally between what years?
(a) 1945-1980.
(b) 1960-2000.
(c) 1860-1915.
(d) 1920-1965.

4. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The telephone.
(b) The bicycle.
(c) The automobile.
(d) Electricity.

5. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?
(a) Love.
(b) Divorce.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. The fact that men paid for dates was thought to imply that women owed them what, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?

3. 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?

4. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

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

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