[jQuery] Why am I getting the error "missing ) after argument list" with this code?

[jQuery] Why am I getting the error "missing ) after argument list" with this code?

<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)">
<style>
<!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Consolas;
panose-1:2 11 6 9 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page Section1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.Section1
{page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>
<div class=Section1>
<p class=MsoNormal>Here’s the code:<o:p></o:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>beforeSend</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>  </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>function</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>() {</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>                 
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>if</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>    (  
$(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#006600'>'input[name='</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>authorization</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#006600'>']:checked'</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>)</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>.val</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>() </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>==</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#FF0A0A'>0</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>        )</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>                       
{   $(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#006600'>'#agree'</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:blue'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>fadeIn(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#FF0A0A'>500</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>);</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>                           
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>return</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>false</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>;                                        
     }<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas'><o:p> </o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>                 
</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:blue'>else</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:black'>  {   $(</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#006600'>'#rentalAppLoader,
#rentalAppProcessing'</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:blue'>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>fadeIn(</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#FF0A0A'>500</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>);   }</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:black'>                                                                                                </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas'><o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>            
},<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>and the error message is referencing the “if  ( 
$(‘input…” line.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>It must be a syntax error, but I can’t see it.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>And, btw, is the use of “return false” like that in
the “if” portion an appropriate<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>way to stop an ajax function if a value isn’t what I want it
to be?  (In this case,<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>“authorization” needs to be equal to 1 for the ajax function
to proceed.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>Thanks for any feedback.<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:black'>Rick</span><o:p></o:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#BFBFBF'>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span>
<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='color:#A6A6A6'>"Ninety percent of the
politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation."  - Henry
Kissinger<o:p></o:p></span></i>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p>
</div>
</body>
</html>