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

2. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The arranged marriage system.
(b) The dating system.
(c) The call system.
(d) The petting system.

3. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Temple University.
(d) Rutgers University.

4. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Caregiver.
(b) Provider.
(c) Consumer.
(d) Companion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?

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

3. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. Who does the author say gentlemen callers left their cards with in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

5. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?

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