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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. Going steady threatened parents who believed in what, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?
(a) Waiting to get married.
(b) Not marrying out of state.
(c) Marrying early.
(d) Marrying inside one’s religion.

2. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” many “factory girls” did not have what?
(a) Mothers.
(b) Siblings.
(c) A strict upbringing.
(d) Room to receive calls.

3. The controversy that Beth Bailey encountered when she appeared on television in college was really about what?
(a) Homosexuality.
(b) Economic values.
(c) The Roman Catholic Church.
(d) The transformation of dating.

4. According to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money,” dating was a response of lower classes to the pressures of what?
(a) Rural boredom.
(b) Urban-industrial America.
(c) Teenage pregnancy.
(d) Religious standards.

5. What system of courtship involved suitors getting to know family members, associating with communities, and linking families together?
(a) The dating system.
(b) The petting system.
(c) The arranged marriage system.
(d) The call system.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1959, nearly half of all women married before what age, according to the author in Chapter 2, "The Economy of Dating”?

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

3. In the calling system, who took the initiative according to the author in Chapter 1, "Calling Cards and Money"?

4. Beth Bailey notes that what word is rarely discussed in the book in her Introduction?

5. According to the author in the Introduction, courtship includes many conditions, intentions, and _____________.

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