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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. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?
(a) 20-30 percent.
(b) 30-40 percent.
(c) 10-20 percent.
(d) 5-10 percent.

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

3. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?
(a) 1/3.
(b) 1/2.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/4.

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

5. In 1966, what percent of Americans rejected the view that "the people running the country don't really care what happens to you"?
(a) 56.
(b) 82.
(c) 66.
(d) 73.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the one democracy that had a lower voter turnout than the United States?

3. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?

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

5. How many members belonged to the American Medical Association in 1995?

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