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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. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 2/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/3.

2. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Maine.
(d) Wisconsin.

3. In 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?
(a) 38.
(b) 51.
(c) 26.
(d) 46.

4. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?
(a) 46 percent.
(b) 23 percent.
(c) 17 percent.
(d) 34 percent.

5. How many more hours did married couples average in a work week in 1998 than they did in 1969?
(a) 7.
(b) 9.
(c) 14.
(d) 11.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did the membership of community involvement groups plateau?

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

5. 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?

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