1. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?
(a) Clint Eastwood.
(b) Bing Crosby.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) James Cagney.

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

3. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?
(a) By 1/2.
(b) By 1/3.
(c) By 1/4.
(d) By 2/3.

4. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?
(a) $100 million.
(b) $79 million.
(c) $58 million.
(d) $45 million.

5. When did the membership of community involvement groups plateau?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1954.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How long had an informal literary group in Fayetteville, Arkansas, met twice a month?

3. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?

4. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?

5. How many units of blood per one thousand adults was donated in 1997?

(see the answer key)

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