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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. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?
(a) Polygamy.
(b) Coed dorms.
(c) Communal living.
(d) Homosexuality.

2. The fact that men paid for dates was thought to imply that women owed them what, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) A dowry.
(b) Money.
(c) Allegiance.
(d) Sexual favors.

3. According to the author in the Introduction, convention does not determine action but it structures what?
(a) Expectations.
(b) Experience.
(c) Exceptions.
(d) Extremes.

4. The new practice of going steady entirely destroyed what system according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) The courting system.
(b) The marriage system.
(c) The dating-rating system.
(d) The call system.

5. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?
(a) Social mores as a whole.
(b) The religious whole.
(c) The minority.
(d) Gender identity.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship was transformed as youth were freed from what?

3. According to the author, dating was about competition and what in the 1930s?

4. 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"?

5. The system of dating started in what community in the 1920s and quickly spread, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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