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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 14, From Generation to Generation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?
(a) 1/5.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/8.
(d) 1/6.

2. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?
(a) 1-2 times.
(b) 2-3 times.
(c) 3-4 times.
(d) 4-5 times.

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

4. In the 1990s, how many women worked outside the home?
(a) 1 out of 2.
(b) 3 out of 4.
(c) 2 out of 3.
(d) 4 out of 5.

5. 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) 26 percent.
(d) 12 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?

2. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?

3. Between 1965 and 1995, how much of a time gain did John Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey report per week for women?

4. For men in the years between 1965 and 1995, how much more time did they have for leisure activities per week?

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

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