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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) 38 percent.
(b) 49 percent.
(c) 26 percent.
(d) 12 percent.

2. When was there a strike by air traffic controllers?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1978.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1982.

3. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?
(a) Pat Buchanan.
(b) Howard Dean.
(c) Denny Lane.
(d) Ross Perot.

4. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?
(a) New York.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

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"?
(a) Virginia Held.
(b) Robert E. Lane.
(c) Daniel Bell.
(d) Rachel Carson

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?

2. When did party finances skyrocket?

3. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?

4. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?

5. In Chapter 5, what percent of corporate executives said that they encourage their employees to become involved in community service?

(see the answer key)

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