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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. How many nonprofit organizations were there per 1,000 inhabitants in Vermont?
(a) 5.8.
(b) 6.7.
(c) 4.3.
(d) 3.6.

2. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?
(a) Between 20 and 30 percent.
(b) Between 15 and 20 percent.
(c) Between 5 and 10 percent.
(d) Between 25 and 35 percent.

3. In 1998, how many American adults had college degrees?
(a) 18 percent.
(b) 48 percent.
(c) 37 percent.
(d) 24 percent.

4. What did sociologists Claude Fischer and Robert Jackson call single-stranded interactions that began to take place in America?
(a) Individual communities.
(b) Personal communities.
(c) Communities of one.
(d) Communities of limited liability.

5. At what percent was social trust in Mississippi?
(a) 29.
(b) 22.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did something important happen to social bonds and civic engagement in America?

3. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?

4. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?

5. When did divorce rates accelerate?

(see the answer key)

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