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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. For men in the years between 1965 and 1995, how much more time did they have for leisure activities per week?
(a) 10.2 hours.
(b) 9.6 hours.
(c) 7.9 hours.
(d) 8.4 hours.

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

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

4. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?
(a) Between 5 and 10 percent.
(b) Between 15 and 20 percent.
(c) Between 20 and 30 percent.
(d) Between 25 and 35 percent.

5. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?
(a) By 1/2.
(b) By 1/4.
(c) By 1/3.
(d) By 2/3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many more hours did married couples average in a work week in 1998 than they did in 1969?

2. How many members did the Environmental Defense Fund have in 1995?

3. 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?

4. Between 1986-86 and 1998-99, how much of a decline was there in the number of average Americans who made new friends?

5. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?

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