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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. What Chicago suburb was closely studied by urbanist William Whyte?
(a) Round Lake Beach.
(b) Wonder Lake.
(c) Park Forest.
(d) Aurora.

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) 48.
(d) 57.

3. When did Bill Clinton become president?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1992.

4. How many members belonged to the American Medical Association in 1995?
(a) 296,637.
(b) 312,549.
(c) 189,641.
(d) 428,915.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?

2. In 1959, how many American homes had television?

3. 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"?

4. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

5. How many indicators of formal and informal community networks and social trust were studied across the U.S. to rate the average social capital of various states?

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