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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. How much did the number of nonprofit organizations of national scope listed in "Encylopedia of Associations" change between 1968 and 1997?
(a) Doubled.
(b) Four time as many.
(c) Tripled.
(d) Twice as many.

2. At what percent was social trust in Mississippi?
(a) 15.
(b) 22.
(c) 29.
(d) 17.

3. How much was spent on Presidential election campaigns in 1965?
(a) $28 million.
(b) $35 million.
(c) $41 million.
(d) $18 million.

4. How many civic associations were members of the generation born in the 1920s liable to belong to compared to the generation born in the late 1960s?
(a) 50 percent more.
(b) 30 percent more.
(c) Three time as many.
(d) Twice as many.

5. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?
(a) 47 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 62 percent.
(d) 81 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1985, of the 205 national citizens groups in existence, how many had chapters to which individual members belonged and paid dues?

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

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

4. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?

5. In 1996, how many Americans voted in the election between Clinton, Dole, and Perot?

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