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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. In 1960, how many American adults graduated from high school?
(a) 39 percent.
(b) 41 percent.
(c) 56 percent.
(d) 23 percent.

2. What publication ran an article about the challenge of free time and Americans in 1964?
(a) Time.
(b) Wall Street Journal.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) New Yorker.

3. Where in America has there been the most religious disengagement?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

4. How many members did the Environmental Defense Fund have in 1995?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 300,000.
(c) 100,000.
(d) 200,000.

5. By the time the average baby boomer reached age 16, how many hours of television had he watched?
(a) 12,000 to 15,000 hours.
(b) 5,000 to 6,000 hours.
(c) 25,000 hours.
(d) 20,000 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Between 1986-86 and 1998-99, how much of a decline was there in the number of average Americans who made new friends?

2. Which state had the highest rate of murders?

3. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?

4. When was the first known use of the term social capital?

5. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?

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