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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. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?
(a) Woody Allen.
(b) Bob Hope.
(c) Bill Cosby.
(d) Sid Caesar.

2. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?
(a) $45 million.
(b) $100 million.
(c) $79 million.
(d) $58 million.

3. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Thornton, Colorado.
(b) Hastings, Michigan.
(c) Glenn Valley, Pennsylvania.
(d) Marshalltown, Iowa.

4. By what year did it become a struggle for VFW Post 2378 in Berwyn, Illinois, to pay taxes on the post hall?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1974.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1968.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote in 1959 that "the ratio of political activists to the general population, and even the ratio of male activists to the male population, has generally increased over the past fifty years"?

2. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?

3. In what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?

4. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?

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

(see the answer key)

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