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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In surveys, how many Americans said that they believed in immortality?
(a) 4 out of 5.
(b) 2 out of 3.
(c) 3 out of 4.
(d) 5 out of 6.

4. When was the last year of the baby boom generation?
(a) 1964.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1961.

5. When comparing voting records, how many years had it been since voter turnout was as bad as it was in 1996?
(a) 15.
(b) 98.
(c) 65.
(d) 164.

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

7. In what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?
(a) Florida.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Alabama.

8. In 1985, of the 205 national citizens groups in existence, how many had chapters to which individual members belonged and paid dues?
(a) Less than 1/3.
(b) Less than 1/4.
(c) Less than 3/4.
(d) Less than 1/2.

9. What university studied the changes in personal behavior between 1957 and 1976?
(a) University of Indiana.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Illinois.
(d) University of Colorado.

10. 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.

11. When was there a strike by air traffic controllers?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1963.
(d) 1982.

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

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

14. How many Americans were in the labor force in 1950?
(a) 28 percent.
(b) 32 percent.
(c) 45 percent.
(d) 59 percent.

15. 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) 50.
(b) 30.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.

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 percent of individuals did Jeremy Toole believed received their social connections from the workplace?

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

4. In 1998, how many American adults graduated from high school?

5. 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"?

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