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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. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?
(a) Provider.
(b) Consumer.
(c) Companion.
(d) Caregiver.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the centrality of what in dating had important implications?
(a) The telephone.
(b) Sex.
(c) Automobiles.
(d) Money.

3. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The dating system.
(b) The petting system.
(c) The arranged marriage system.
(d) The call system.

4. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Marrying early.
(b) Not marrying out of state.
(c) Waiting to get married.
(d) Marrying inside one’s religion.

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”?
(a) The college community.
(b) The business community.
(c) The religious community.
(d) The bowling community.

Short Answer Questions

1. Going steady stopped being a guaranteed path to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, “love was not so much the province of” what?

4. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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