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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 20, Health and Happiness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Wuthnow, what percent of American said that they participated regularly in self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous?
(a) 9.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

2. In 1959, how many American homes had television?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 90 percent.

3. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1958.

4. What Nobel Prize winning economist believed that every commercial transaction carried with it an element of trust?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Milton Friedman.
(c) Thomas Robert Malthus.
(d) Kenneth Arrow.

5. How many years did the Charity League of Dallas meet every Friday morning?
(a) 46.
(b) 39.
(c) 62.
(d) 57.

Short Answer Questions

1. What publication ran an article about the challenge of free time and Americans in 1964?

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

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

4. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?

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

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