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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. How many members did the Environmental Defense Fund have in 1995?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 400,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 100,000.

2. How many civic associations were members of the generation born in the 1920s liable to belong to compared to the generation born in the late 1960s?
(a) 50 percent more.
(b) Twice as many.
(c) 30 percent more.
(d) Three time as many.

3. For men in the years between 1965 and 1995, how much more time did they have for leisure activities per week?
(a) 10.2 hours.
(b) 9.6 hours.
(c) 7.9 hours.
(d) 8.4 hours.

4. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?
(a) 83.
(b) 71.
(c) 58.
(d) 64.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?

2. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?

3. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?

4. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?

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

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