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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, “The Economy of Dating”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?
(a) Different.
(b) Broke.
(c) Square.
(d) Noticed.

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

3. After a young woman came of age, who would initially invite young men to call, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) The grandfather.
(b) The mother.
(c) The grandmother.
(d) The father.

4. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the process of going steady factored out what?
(a) Traditional values.
(b) Competition.
(c) Politics.
(d) Wealth.

5. The protocol for going steady was strict and often involved what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Written vows.
(b) Life and death experiences.
(c) A visible token.
(d) The church’s blessing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?

2. What does “STD” stand for?

3. How many American men disappeared during World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

4. 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?

5. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

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