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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. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?
(a) 64.
(b) 71.
(c) 58.
(d) 83.

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

3. 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) Robert E. Lane.
(b) Daniel Bell.
(c) Virginia Held.
(d) Rachel Carson

4. How many of AARP's members belonged to local chapters?
(a) Less than 15 percent.
(b) Less than 5 percent.
(c) Less than 10 percent.
(d) Less than 20 percent.

5. How many members belonged to the American Medical Association in 1995?
(a) 296,637.
(b) 428,915.
(c) 189,641.
(d) 312,549.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?

4. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?

5. During what period of time had the character of Americans' involvement with politics and government been transformed?

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