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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 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” the word date entered the vocabulary of the middle class initially through what group of people?
(a) Sorority girls.
(b) Sociologists.
(c) Fraternity boys.
(d) Nuns.

2. Bailey notes that dating experience was only presented as a national what in the Introduction?
(a) Sport.
(b) Institution.
(c) Pastime.
(d) Phenomenon.

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the transition to dating appeared as an accommodation to what?
(a) Modernity.
(b) Music.
(c) Religion.
(d) Politics.

4. What control was reduced with the advent of the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Self control.
(b) Moral control.
(c) Parental control.
(d) Religious control.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” women who took the initiative in the dating system were thought to be what?

2. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, studying the practices of the majority can have a positive impact on our understanding of what?

4. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?

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

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