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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. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?
(a) Dutch.
(b) German.
(c) Yiddish.
(d) Russian.

2. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?
(a) Howard Dean.
(b) Denny Lane.
(c) Ross Perot.
(d) Pat Buchanan.

3. In the late twentieth century, how many more times would an American send a greeting card to a friend than a letter to the editor?
(a) 57.
(b) 35.
(c) 28.
(d) 43.

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

5. How much was spent on Presidential election campaigns in 1965?
(a) $41 million.
(b) $35 million.
(c) $28 million.
(d) $18 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?

3. How many organizations did Putnam find listed in the "World Alamanc"?

4. When was there a strike by air traffic controllers?

5. Sociologist Wade Clark Roof estimated that 2/3 of all boomers reared in religious traditions dropped out. How many returned to religion?

(see the answer key)

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