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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. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?
(a) 14.1 percent.
(b) 21.9 percent.
(c) 39.2 percent.
(d) 11.8 percent.

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

3. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?
(a) 14.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 21.

4. By the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans were in the labor force?
(a) 73 percent.
(b) 67 percent.
(c) 58 percent.
(d) 49 percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?

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

3. What percent of individuals did Jeremy Toole believed received their social connections from the workplace?

4. How much did the number of nonprofit organizations of national scope listed in "Encylopedia of Associations" change between 1968 and 1997?

5. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?

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