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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, “The Etiquette of Masculinity and Femininity”.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” many treated going steady as what?
(a) An excuse to have sex.
(b) Play-marriage.
(c) Engagement.
(d) An overwhelming endeavor.

3. What term referred to a long-term partner in the dating system?
(a) Connection.
(b) Steady.
(c) Ball and chain.
(d) Lover.

4. According to the author, what settings were often the trend-setters in courtship trends?
(a) Restaurants.
(b) Movie theaters.
(c) College campuses.
(d) Churches.

5. The generational battle surrounding going steady boiled down to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Religion.
(b) Politics.
(c) Money.
(d) Sex.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?

3. What constantly portrayed the other sex as commodities, according to the author in Chapter 3, "The Worth of a Date”?

4. The desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

5. Going steady stopped being a guaranteed path to what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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