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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 23, Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was a close-knit Jewish neighborhood that celebrated Purim by visits and bringing gifts of fruit and pastries?
(a) Vermont.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Maine.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?
(a) 59.
(b) 71.
(c) 48.
(d) 62.

3. 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) Barbara Walters.
(c) Walter Cronkite.
(d) Tom Brokaw.

4. In 1998, what percent of adults had children at home?
(a) 38.
(b) 23.
(c) 58.
(d) 41.

5. Who said, "The trouble with socialism is that it would take too many evenings"?
(a) Honore de Balzac.
(b) Albert Camus.
(c) Oscar Wilde.
(d) Harry Cohen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Agatha Christie book did Putnam mention in Chapter 10?

2. In surveys, how many Americans said that they believed in immortality?

3. In Gallup Polls in the 1990s, how many workers said they enjoyed work hours more than hours when they were not at work?

4. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?

5. How many civic associations were members of the generation born in the 1920s liable to belong to compared to the generation born in the late 1960s?

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