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

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few women had what?
(a) Money.
(b) Free time.
(c) Cars.
(d) Parlors.

3. Courtship was initially a private act conducted where?
(a) In church.
(b) In private places.
(c) In a public world.
(d) In school.

4. Who acquired the most power within the dating system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?
(a) Friends.
(b) Women.
(c) Men.
(d) Parents.

5. What does Beth Bailey look to rather than conventions?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Experience.
(d) Soap operas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” after returning from World War II, American college men saw their coed women as what?

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

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

5. 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?

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