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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 was Charles Tilly born?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1913.

2. 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?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1943.

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

4. When was the PTA founded?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1912.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1910.

5. Compared to the rest of the population, how much less time did people who spent more time at work have to watch television?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 17 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 41 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?

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

3. How many more hours did married couples average in a work week in 1998 than they did in 1969?

4. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?

5. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?

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