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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, “The Worth of a Date”.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are shown in the book to be highly variable and responsive to changes in social attitudes and economic developments?
(a) Government regulations.
(b) Religious attitudes.
(c) Cultural norms.
(d) Middle class incomes.

2. What became more fragile as the fifties and sixties progressed, according to the author?
(a) Gender identities.
(b) International relations.
(c) The middle class.
(d) Law and order.

3. According to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date,” women and men were keen on assessing each other’s what?
(a) Reputational worth.
(b) Moral compass.
(c) Life experiences.
(d) Monetary wealth.

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

5. The average marriage age did what after World War II?
(a) Dropped significantly.
(b) Increased slightly.
(c) Stayed the same.
(d) Increased significantly.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first daters complained about what, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” dating satisfied a need in a world where few women had what?

3. The presence of what greatly accelerated the system of dating, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. The new practice of going steady entirely destroyed what system according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. By the late nineteenth century, a new and coherent social group started to drive American cultural life. This new middle class arose during what period?

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