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

2. The protocol for going steady was strict and often involved what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Life and death experiences.
(b) A visible token.
(c) The church’s blessing.
(d) Written vows.

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

4. According to the author, dating was about competition and what in the 1930s?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Truthfulness.
(c) Religion.
(d) Philosophy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who largely controlled the calling system, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the process of going steady factored out what?

3. By what year did the word “date” enter the vocabulary of the middle class, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?

5. In what year was Beth Bailey a senior in college?

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