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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 20, Health and Happiness.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?
(a) Great Plains.
(b) East coast.
(c) Rockies.
(d) West coast.

2. 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) 1943.
(b) 1961.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1932.

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

4. On average, how many times did Americans who regularly attended both church and clubs volunteer?
(a) 17.
(b) 31.
(c) 23.
(d) 9.

5. When did party finances skyrocket?
(a) 1940s and 1950s.
(b) 1960s and 1970s.
(c) 1970s and 1980s.
(d) 1980s and 1990s.

Short Answer Questions

1. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?

2. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?

3. In 1960, how many voting-age Americans went to the polls to choose between Kennedy and Nixon?

4. In 1996, how many Americans voted in the election between Clinton, Dole, and Perot?

5. When did Bill Clinton become president?

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