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

2. 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?
(a) The Industrial Revolution.
(b) The Digital Revolution.
(c) The Great Awakening.
(d) The Agrarian Era.

3. Before the mid-1920s, what system was used to link women and men?
(a) Arranged marriage.
(b) Praying.
(c) Yelling.
(d) Calling.

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

5. According to the author in the Introduction, the new system of courtship prized competition among potential mates and promoted what?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Morality.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

2. 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"?

3. According to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating,” the most popular students went steady, while others tried to avoid being what?

4. In what decade did the Great Depression begin?

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

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