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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. If someone belonged to no groups, but decided to join one, how much would he cut his risk of dying over the next year?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/4.

2. Between 1965 and 1995, how much of a time gain did John Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey report per week for women?
(a) 8.3 hours.
(b) 7.1 hours.
(c) 6.2 hours.
(d) 5.4 hours.

3. Who said, "It is a medium of entertainment that permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome."
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Frank Bidart.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) E. E. Cummings.

4. How much more common is philanthropy and volunteering in American than in other countries?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/2.
(c) Three times as common.
(d) Twice as common.

5. What crop needed to be harvested in the quote at the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Soybeans.
(b) Wheat.
(c) Corn.
(d) Hay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the 1950s, how many Americans changed residence each year?

2. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?

3. In the 1990s, how many Americans moved?

4. In 1998, what percent of American adults were married?

5. By what year did it become a struggle for VFW Post 2378 in Berwyn, Illinois, to pay taxes on the post hall?

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