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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 14, From Generation to Generation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

2. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?
(a) Between 5 and 10 percent.
(b) Between 15 and 20 percent.
(c) Between 20 and 30 percent.
(d) Between 25 and 35 percent.

3. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?
(a) 35-65.
(b) 30-61.
(c) 25-54.
(d) 18-43.

4. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?
(a) 85 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

5. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?
(a) Bill Cosby.
(b) Sid Caesar.
(c) Bob Hope.
(d) Woody Allen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?

2. Between 1986-86 and 1998-99, how much of a decline was there in the number of average Americans who made new friends?

3. In the late twentieth century, how many more times would an American send a greeting card to a friend than a letter to the editor?

4. In 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?

5. What nineteenth century Frenchman did Putnam say was frequently quoted by social scientists?

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