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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. When did Bill Clinton become president?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1984.

2. What crop needed to be harvested in the quote at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Corn.
(b) Hay.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Soybeans.

3. How many organizations did Putnam find listed in the "World Alamanc"?
(a) 937.
(b) 584.
(c) 2,380.
(d) 1,839.

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

5. In the 1990s, how many women worked outside the home?
(a) 1 out of 2.
(b) 3 out of 4.
(c) 2 out of 3.
(d) 4 out of 5.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were Americans split about fifty-fifty on the issue whether society was as upright morally as it has been in the past?

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

3. 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?

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

5. How much did the number of nonprofit organizations of national scope listed in "Encylopedia of Associations" change between 1968 and 1997?

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