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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 in America has there been the most religious disengagement?
(a) South.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East.

2. In 1998, how many American adults had college degrees?
(a) 24 percent.
(b) 37 percent.
(c) 18 percent.
(d) 48 percent.

3. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Maine.
(c) Kentucky.
(d) Vermont.

4. In 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?
(a) 46.
(b) 38.
(c) 51.
(d) 26.

5. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?
(a) 70 percent.
(b) 85 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

2. According to a study by Sampson and Groves, which country found that organizational participation and social ties made a difference in reducing crime levels?

3. How much more common is philanthropy and volunteering in American than in other countries?

4. Who wrote a book profiling the heroic World War II generation that got mixed reviews from critics, but was a runaway best-seller?

5. Sociologist Wade Clark Roof estimated that 2/3 of all boomers reared in religious traditions dropped out. How many returned to religion?

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