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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 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?
(a) 26.
(b) 51.
(c) 46.
(d) 38.

2. 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"?
(a) Virginia Held.
(b) Robert E. Lane.
(c) Rachel Carson
(d) Daniel Bell.

3. In 1966, what percent of Americans rejected the view that "the people running the country don't really care what happens to you"?
(a) 56.
(b) 82.
(c) 73.
(d) 66.

4. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Maine.
(d) Kentucky.

5. According to a study by Sampson and Groves, which country found that organizational participation and social ties made a difference in reducing crime levels?
(a) Britain.
(b) Spain.
(c) United States.
(d) Sweden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?

3. How large of a gorilla did Robinson and Godbey compare television to?

4. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?

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

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