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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” a date meant what?

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few what got married?

5. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?

Short Essay Questions

1. When did the term “dating” first enter the American vocabulary? From whom did this term originate?

2. How did the importance of female appearance evolve during the twentieth century, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

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

4. What system of courtship dominated the American lifestyle prior to the mid-1920s? How did dating change this system?

5. How does the author describe the costs of courtship in the early days of the dating system? What “special dates” could incur even greater costs?

6. How did the evolution of focus on female appearance impact consumption in America, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

7. What defined popularity in the world of courtship after World War II?

8. How does the author describe the objectification of the sexes in contemporary society in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date"?

9. How did the system of dating evolve after World War II? Why did it evolve?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the rise in American youth culture and the association of youth culture with sexual experimentation. How and when did the sexual behavior of youth begin to evolve? What led to this change? How was the media involved in this evolution?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the emergence of school proms and the etiquette and culture surrounding them. When did these formal dances first originate? How were they supervised? When and why did the traditions of corsages and boutonnières appear? What costs were associated with early proms?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the impact of the Industrial Revolution on courtship in America and in Europe. Where did the Industrial Revolution spread after originating in England? What new demographic resulted from the Industrial Revolution? How did the emerging middle class impact the culture of wooing?

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