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

2. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?
(a) 1955.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1958.
(d) 1943.

3. When was the PTA founded?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1923.

4. How many more hours did married couples average in a work week in 1998 than they did in 1969?
(a) 11.
(b) 7.
(c) 14.
(d) 9.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?

2. Compared to the rest of the population, how much less time did people who spent more time at work have to watch television?

3. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?

4. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?

5. In 1985, of the 205 national citizens groups in existence, how many had chapters to which individual members belonged and paid dues?

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