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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?
(a) 8-10 percent.
(b) 11-15 percent.
(c) 3-4 percent.
(d) 5-7 percent.

2. In Chapter 5, what percent of corporate executives said that they encourage their employees to become involved in community service?
(a) 92.
(b) 84.
(c) 77.
(d) 64.

3. According to sociologist Robert Wuthnow, what percent of Americans claimed to be "currently involved in [a] small group that [met] regularly and [provided] support or caring for those who particpate[d] in it"?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

4. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?
(a) Bob Hope.
(b) Sid Caesar.
(c) Bill Cosby.
(d) Woody Allen.

5. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?
(a) By 1/4.
(b) By 2/3.
(c) By 1/3.
(d) By 1/2.

6. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 2/3.

7. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?
(a) 14.
(b) 21.
(c) 11.
(d) 9.

8. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?
(a) 93 million.
(b) 68 million.
(c) 86 million.
(d) 71 million.

9. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?
(a) 23 percent.
(b) 46 percent.
(c) 34 percent.
(d) 17 percent.

10. Between 1976 and 1997, what was the drop in families with children between eight to seventeen who vacationed together?
(a) 49 percent.
(b) 38 percent.
(c) 12 percent.
(d) 26 percent.

11. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?
(a) 83.
(b) 58.
(c) 71.
(d) 64.

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

13. In 1998, how many American adults graduated from high school?
(a) 67 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 82 percent.
(d) 93 percent.

14. How many Americans moved each year according to Putnam?
(a) 1 in 5.
(b) 2 out of 3.
(c) 1 in 4.
(d) 4 out of 5.

15. How many units of blood per one thousand adults was donated in 1997?
(a) 41.
(b) 62.
(c) 53.
(d) 78.

Short Answer Questions

1. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?

2. When did something important happen to social bonds and civic engagement in America?

3. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?

4. 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?

5. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?

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