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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 18, Safe and Productive Neighborhoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?
(a) 1/8.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/6.

2. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?
(a) 10-20 percent.
(b) 5-10 percent.
(c) 30-40 percent.
(d) 20-30 percent.

3. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?
(a) 79 percent.
(b) 93 percent.
(c) 87 percent.
(d) 61 percent.

4. In the 1950s, how many Americans changed residence each year?
(a) 10 percent.
(b) 15 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 30 percent.

5. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?
(a) Yiddish.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?

2. What Chicago suburb was closely studied by urbanist William Whyte?

3. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?

4. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

5. In 1999, what percent of Americans owned their own home?

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