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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 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?
(a) Noticed.
(b) Broke.
(c) Different.
(d) Square.

2. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship is the process of what?
(a) Wooing.
(b) Loving.
(c) Convincing.
(d) Economic exchange.

3. The author states that love and what are intertwined in the Introduction?
(a) Justice.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Marriage.
(d) Desire.

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

5. The author describes a scenario in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money" in which a man calls on a city girl and when he arrives she is wearing what?
(a) Gold jewelry.
(b) A hat.
(c) High heels.
(d) A coat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?

3. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

4. When she appeared on television during her senior year in college, Beth Bailey stated that love was more than what?

5. Where was Beth Bailey teaching when the book was written?

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