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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 1/3.
(d) Less than 1/4.

2. What publication ran an article about the challenge of free time and Americans in 1964?
(a) Wall Street Journal.
(b) Time.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) New Yorker.

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

4. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?
(a) 50 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 80 years.
(d) 70 years.

5. During what period of time had the character of Americans' involvement with politics and government been transformed?
(a) Last 3 decades of the twentieth century.
(b) Last 2 decades of the twentieth century.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1950s.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Where in America has there been the most religious disengagement?

5. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?

(see the answer key)

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