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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 11, Pressures of Time and Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For men in the years between 1965 and 1995, how much more time did they have for leisure activities per week?
(a) 10.2 hours.
(b) 7.9 hours.
(c) 9.6 hours.
(d) 8.4 hours.

2. In 1997, what percent of college freshmen indicated no religious preference?
(a) 9.
(b) 37.
(c) 28.
(d) 14.

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

4. When do most scholars agree that church membership was most likely at an all-time high?
(a) 1940s.
(b) 1950s.
(c) 1960s.
(d) 1930s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?

2. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?

3. According to sociologist Robert Wuthnow, what percent of Americans claimed to be "currently involved in [a] small group that [met] regularly and [provided] support or caring for those who particpate[d] in it"?

4. How many members did the bridge club in Chapter 1 have in 1990?

5. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?

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