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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8-Epilogue.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Americans spend on leisure travel in 2020?
(a) $518 billion.
(b) $472 billion.
(c) $108 billion.
(d) $723 billion.

2. In a survey of men and women released from prison in Massachusetts, what percent had witnessed a murder as children?
(a) 50.
(b) 55.
(c) 40.
(d) 60.

3. What were some countries where the government automatically filed taxes, sent a form to citizens, citizens checked the form, and mailed it back in?
(a) Spain, Portugal, Italy, and Greece.
(b) Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and Nigeria.
(c) Japan, Germany, France, and Poland.
(d) Japan, Great Britain, Estonia, and the Netherlands.

4. How much could be raised by stopping the mortgage interest deduction?
(a) $12 billion.
(b) $17 billion.
(c) $25 billion.
(d) $32 billion.

5. How many fewer Americans were in poverty in 2021 than in 2018?
(a) 5 million.
(b) 18 million.
(c) Roughly 16 million.
(d) Approximately 10 million.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Desmond was in graduate school, where did he live?

2. When did unions like the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America exclude Black workers?

3. In studies conducted in the 1980s and 1990s, within what amount of time did young mothers on welfare quit relying on it?

4. When did sector-by-sector collective bargaining establish a country wide minimum monthly wage in Austria?

5. In 2019, what was the percent of the U.S. population that was poor?

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