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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. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?
(a) 59.
(b) 48.
(c) 71.
(d) 62.

2. Between the 1970s and 1990s, by what percent did church attendance fall among people under sixty?
(a) 30-35.
(b) 5-10.
(c) 25-30.
(d) 10-20.

3. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?
(a) Bill Cosby.
(b) Bob Hope.
(c) Woody Allen.
(d) Sid Caesar.

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

5. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?

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

3. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?

4. According to Wuthnow, what percent of American said that they participated regularly in self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous?

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

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