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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4, Religious Participation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did party finances skyrocket?
(a) 1980s and 1990s.
(b) 1940s and 1950s.
(c) 1960s and 1970s.
(d) 1970s and 1980s.

2. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 6.

3. In what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Alabama.
(c) Mississippi.
(d) Georgia.

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

5. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 75 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1960, how many voting-age Americans went to the polls to choose between Kennedy and Nixon?

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

3. Between the 1970s and 1990s, by what percent did church attendance fall among people under sixty?

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

5. How many of AARP's members belonged to local chapters?

(see the answer key)

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