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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. Sociologist Wade Clark Roof estimated that 2/3 of all boomers reared in religious traditions dropped out. How many returned to religion?
(a) Less than 1/5.
(b) Less than 1/2.
(c) Less than 1/4.
(d) Less than 1/3.

2. 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"?
(a) Rachel Carson
(b) Robert E. Lane.
(c) Daniel Bell.
(d) Virginia Held.

3. In surveys, how many Americans said that they believed in immortality?
(a) 2 out of 3.
(b) 3 out of 4.
(c) 5 out of 6.
(d) 4 out of 5.

4. In 1960, how many voting-age Americans went to the polls to choose between Kennedy and Nixon?
(a) 48.3 percent.
(b) 72.6 percent.
(c) 59.1 percent.
(d) 62.8 percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?

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

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

4. When was the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP established?

5. How many members did the bridge club in Chapter 1 have in 1990?

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