diff --git a/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py b/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
index 8cd2b2a8be6..0109345c41f 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/test_dates.py
@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ class ArchiveIndexViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(list(res.context['latest']), list(Book.objects.order_by('-name').all()))
         self.assertTemplateUsed(res, 'generic_views/book_archive.html')
 
+    def test_archive_view_without_date_field(self):
+        msg = 'BookArchiveWithoutDateField.date_field is required.'
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(ImproperlyConfigured, msg):
+            self.client.get('/dates/books/without_date_field/')
+
 
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='generic_views.urls')
 class YearArchiveViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
@@ -291,6 +296,11 @@ class YearArchiveViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
         self.assertIsNone(kwargs['previous_year'])
         self.assertIsNone(kwargs['next_year'])
 
+    def test_get_dated_items_not_implemented(self):
+        msg = 'A DateView must provide an implementation of get_dated_items()'
+        with self.assertRaisesMessage(NotImplementedError, msg):
+            self.client.get('/BaseDateListViewTest/')
+
 
 @override_settings(ROOT_URLCONF='generic_views.urls')
 class MonthArchiveViewTests(TestDataMixin, TestCase):
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/urls.py b/tests/generic_views/urls.py
index 8fbcbbc8cb9..5295bff08d2 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/urls.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/urls.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth import views as auth_views
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.urls import path, re_path
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
-from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from django.views.generic import TemplateView, dates
 
 from . import views
 from .models import Book
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('dates/booksignings/', views.BookSigningArchive.as_view()),
     path('dates/books/sortedbyname/', views.BookArchive.as_view(ordering='name')),
     path('dates/books/sortedbynamedec/', views.BookArchive.as_view(ordering='-name')),
+    path('dates/books/without_date_field/', views.BookArchiveWithoutDateField.as_view()),
 
 
     # ListView
@@ -225,5 +226,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
     path('dates/booksignings/<int:year>/<month>/<int:day>/<int:pk>/', views.BookSigningDetail.as_view()),
 
     # Useful for testing redirects
-    path('accounts/login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view())
+    path('accounts/login/', auth_views.LoginView.as_view()),
+
+    path('BaseDateListViewTest/', dates.BaseDateListView.as_view()),
 ]
diff --git a/tests/generic_views/views.py b/tests/generic_views/views.py
index ff08313cb6f..02717333a6b 100644
--- a/tests/generic_views/views.py
+++ b/tests/generic_views/views.py
@@ -295,6 +295,10 @@ class BookSigningTodayArchive(BookSigningConfig, generic.TodayArchiveView):
     pass
 
 
+class BookArchiveWithoutDateField(generic.ArchiveIndexView):
+    queryset = Book.objects.all()
+
+
 class BookSigningDetail(BookSigningConfig, generic.DateDetailView):
     context_object_name = 'book'