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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2, Chapter 9, Against the Tide? Small Groups, Social Movements, and the Net.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1976 and 1997, what was the drop in families with children between eight to seventeen who vacationed together?
(a) 12 percent.
(b) 49 percent.
(c) 38 percent.
(d) 26 percent.

2. In one survey, how many more people did regular church attendees report talking with in a day as compared to non-church attendees?
(a) 35 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 30 percent.
(d) 45 percent.

3. During what period of time had the character of Americans' involvement with politics and government been transformed?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) Last 2 decades of the twentieth century.
(d) Last 3 decades of the twentieth century.

4. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Hastings, Michigan.
(b) Glenn Valley, Pennsylvania.
(c) Thornton, Colorado.
(d) Marshalltown, Iowa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many Americans were in the labor force in 1950?

2. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?

3. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?

4. 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?

5. 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"?

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