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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 the Introduction, the new systems of courtship were tied to an understanding of what?
(a) Science.
(b) Youth culture.
(c) Politics.
(d) Economics.

2. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?
(a) A ring and a ceremony.
(b) Mystery and romance.
(c) Marriage and family.
(d) Hugs and kisses.

3. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 22.
(b) 30.
(c) 27.
(d) 19.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?
(a) Religious standards.
(b) Teenage pregnancy.
(c) Urban-industrial America.
(d) Rural boredom.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The rules of dating were rooted in the idea of man as what, according to the author in the Introduction?

3. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?

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

5. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?

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