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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 1999 how many sixth-graders had a TV set in their bedroom?
(a) 77 percent.
(b) 64 percent.
(c) 51 percent.
(d) 48 percent.

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

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

4. How many of the small groups that Americans participated in were Sunday school classes, prayer fellowships, Bible study groups, and other church-related groups?
(a) 1/10.
(b) Approximately one-third.
(c) Roughly half.
(d) 1/4.

5. Who wrote a book profiling the heroic World War II generation that got mixed reviews from critics, but was a runaway best-seller?
(a) Katie Couric.
(b) Walter Cronkite.
(c) Barbara Walters.
(d) Tom Brokaw.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year were Americans split about fifty-fifty on the issue whether society was as upright morally as it has been in the past?

2. What was the one democracy that had a lower voter turnout than the United States?

3. In 1940, what was one of the poorest cities in the poorest state in the United States?

4. How much would an individual's chances of poor health increase if he moved from a state with a wealth of social capital to a state with little social capital?

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

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