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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. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?
(a) 71.
(b) 83.
(c) 58.
(d) 64.

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

3. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?
(a) 100 years.
(b) 80 years.
(c) 50 years.
(d) 70 years.

4. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?
(a) 1-2 times.
(b) 4-5 times.
(c) 2-3 times.
(d) 3-4 times.

5. During what decades did giving in America increase to nearly 50 percent?
(a) 1960 to 1965.
(b) 1933 to 1951.
(c) 1921 to 1942.
(d) 1944 to 1960.

Short Answer Questions

1. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?

2. How much more common is philanthropy and volunteering in American than in other countries?

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

4. When did party finances skyrocket?

5. 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?

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