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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: Chapter 11, Pressures of Time and Money.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did sociologists Claude Fischer and Robert Jackson call single-stranded interactions that began to take place in America?
(a) Personal communities.
(b) Communities of limited liability.
(c) Individual communities.
(d) Communities of one.

3. When do most scholars agree that church membership was most likely at an all-time high?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1930s.
(d) 1960s.

4. How much more common is philanthropy and volunteering in American than in other countries?
(a) Three times as common.
(b) Twice as common.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

5. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?
(a) 4.
(b) 6.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did party finances skyrocket?

3. By 1992, how many work places had "quality circles"?

4. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?

5. How many of the small groups that Americans participated in were Sunday school classes, prayer fellowships, Bible study groups, and other church-related groups?

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