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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 20, Health and Happiness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During what decades did giving in America increase to nearly 50 percent?
(a) 1921 to 1942.
(b) 1944 to 1960.
(c) 1960 to 1965.
(d) 1933 to 1951.

2. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?
(a) Ross Perot.
(b) Pat Buchanan.
(c) Howard Dean.
(d) Denny Lane.

3. In 1998, what percent of American adults were married?
(a) 56.
(b) 37.
(c) 45.
(d) 61.

4. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1947.

5. When was the last year of the baby boom generation?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many units of blood per one thousand adults was donated in 1997?

2. In 1966, what percent of Americans rejected the view that "the people running the country don't really care what happens to you"?

3. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

4. What did sociologists Claude Fischer and Robert Jackson call single-stranded interactions that began to take place in America?

5. Who sang, "get by with a little help from our friends"?

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