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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. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?
(a) 35-65.
(b) 30-61.
(c) 25-54.
(d) 18-43.

2. By 1992, how many work places had "quality circles"?
(a) 56 percent.
(b) 39 percent.
(c) 41 percent.
(d) 67 percent.

3. When was the PTA founded?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1912.

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?
(a) 43.
(b) 28.
(c) 57.
(d) 35.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?

3. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?

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

5. Between 1976 and 1997, what was the drop in families with children between eight to seventeen who vacationed together?

(see the answer key)

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