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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 6, Informal Social Connections.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Gallup Polls in the 1990s, how many workers said they enjoyed work hours more than hours when they were not at work?
(a) 16 percent.
(b) 38 percent.
(c) 24 percent.
(d) 9 percent.

3. How many members did the bridge club in Chapter 1 have in 1990?
(a) 40-odd.
(b) 25 or so.
(c) 52.
(d) 18.

4. Between the 1970s and 1990s, by what percent did church attendance fall among people under sixty?
(a) 30-35.
(b) 25-30.
(c) 10-20.
(d) 5-10.

5. How many Americans were in the labor force in 1950?
(a) 28 percent.
(b) 59 percent.
(c) 32 percent.
(d) 45 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1992, how many work places had "quality circles"?

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

3. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?

4. When was the PTA founded?

5. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?

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