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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. 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 mother.
(b) The grandfather.
(c) The father.
(d) The grandmother.

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

3. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?
(a) Rutgers University.
(b) Harvard University.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Temple University.

4. Going steady stopped being a guaranteed path to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Financial success.
(c) Having children.
(d) Enlightenment.

5. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” many treated going steady as what?
(a) An overwhelming endeavor.
(b) An excuse to have sex.
(c) Play-marriage.
(d) Engagement.

Short Answer 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?

2. Bailey notes that dating experience was only presented as a national what in the Introduction?

3. What did following the proper rules of the calling system indicate, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

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 the book’s Introduction, Beth Bailey argues that the results of the sexual revolution have not been uniformly what?

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