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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) 1937.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1910.
(d) 1952.

2. 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 automobile.
(c) The bicycle.
(d) Electricity.

3. Beth Bailey is relentless in her emphasis on how what affected the development of courtship throughout the twentieth century?
(a) American media.
(b) Family values.
(c) Religious scripture.
(d) School activities.

4. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Religion.
(b) Money.
(c) Politics.
(d) Sex.

5. What “special dates” incurred great cost, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?
(a) Proms.
(b) Square dances.
(c) Graduations.
(d) Fairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. After World War II, what became a common practice according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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

3. What became the basis of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?

5. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” in the 1950s and 1960s, what became highly prized?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what demographic does Beth Bailey align the system of dating in the Introduction?

2. What did Beth Bailey and her fellow discussants state about the transformation of courtship when she appeared on television in the 1970s?

3. How did marriage change in the 1950s and 1960s? How was marriage related to consumption?

4. What physical asset became idealized during the 1950s and 1960s, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

5. At what settings did the system of dating originate? How did this system spread?

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

7. How was marketing involved in the evolution of women’s idealized beauty in the 1950s and 1960s?

8. Why was sexual intimacy criticized as a means of human connection, according to the author in the Introduction?

9. 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"?

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

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