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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 16, Introduction.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were members playing regularly in the bridge club Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1963.

2. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?
(a) 62.
(b) 33.
(c) 57.
(d) 48.

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

4. In 1999, what percent of Americans owned their own home?
(a) 67.
(b) 71.
(c) 82.
(d) 54.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?

2. What Nobel Prize winning economist believed that every commercial transaction carried with it an element of trust?

3. Who said, "It is a medium of entertainment that permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome."

4. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?

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

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