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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. 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?
(a) 1932.
(b) 1952.
(c) 1943.
(d) 1961.

2. When did Bill Clinton become president?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1992.
(d) 1988.

3. Between 1965 and 1995, how much of a time gain did John Robinson and Geoffrey Godbey report per week for women?
(a) 5.4 hours.
(b) 6.2 hours.
(c) 8.3 hours.
(d) 7.1 hours.

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

5. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?
(a) Dutch.
(b) Yiddish.
(c) Russian.
(d) German.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?

2. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?

3. When did the membership of community involvement groups plateau?

4. How many of AARP's members belonged to local chapters?

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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