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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 desire for what buttressed the practice of “going steady,” according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Freedom.
(c) Security.
(d) Companionship.

2. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) 30.
(b) 22.
(c) 27.
(d) 19.

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

4. What does “STD” stand for?
(a) Systemic Thoratic disease.
(b) Sexual tension and distraction.
(c) Sexually transmitted disease.
(d) Sociological transmission dysfunction.

5. The author states that by what decade did Americans begin to think dating was universal though it was only three decades old?
(a) The 1920s.
(b) The 1890s.
(c) The 1970s.
(d) The 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many American men disappeared during World War II, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. On what television show did Beth Bailey appear on when she was a senior in college?

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

4. The fact that men paid for dates was thought to imply that women owed them what, according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

5. What was Beth Bailey defending when she appeared on television during her senior year of college?

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