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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4, Religious Participation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When were members playing regularly in the bridge club Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) 1984.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1990.
(d) 1963.

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

3. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?
(a) 62.
(b) 71.
(c) 48.
(d) 59.

4. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?
(a) Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, FLorida.
(b) North Carolina, Massachusetts, Ohio, and California.
(c) Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio.
(d) Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada.

5. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?
(a) $100 million.
(b) $45 million.
(c) $58 million.
(d) $79 million.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When do most scholars agree that church membership was most likely at an all-time high?

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

4. How many organizations did Putnam find listed in the "World Alamanc"?

5. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?

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