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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. In Gallup Polls in the 1990s, how many workers said they enjoyed work hours more than hours when they were not at work?
(a) 9 percent.
(b) 16 percent.
(c) 38 percent.
(d) 24 percent.

2. For how many years did the Vassar alumnae of Washington, D.C., have an annual book sale?
(a) 38.
(b) 47.
(c) 51.
(d) 64.

3. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?
(a) 70 years.
(b) 100 years.
(c) 80 years.
(d) 50 years.

4. During what decades did giving in America increase to nearly 50 percent?
(a) 1944 to 1960.
(b) 1933 to 1951.
(c) 1960 to 1965.
(d) 1921 to 1942.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?

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

3. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?

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

5. Compared to the rest of the population, how much less time did people who spent more time at work have to watch television?

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