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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. What Nobel Prize winning economist believed that every commercial transaction carried with it an element of trust?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Kenneth Arrow.
(c) Thomas Robert Malthus.
(d) Milton Friedman.

2. How long had an informal literary group in Fayetteville, Arkansas, met twice a month?
(a) Since 1918.
(b) Since 1926.
(c) Since 1934.
(d) Since 1946.

3. When did the government put in place slum clearance policies?
(a) 1950s and 1960s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1940s.
(d) 1960s and 1970s.

4. Which state had the least number of murders?
(a) Washington.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Maryland.

5. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?
(a) 62 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 47 percent.
(d) 81 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?

2. What university studied the changes in personal behavior between 1957 and 1976?

3. During what decades did giving in America increase to nearly 50 percent?

4. How many Korean business owners used debt financing to start their enterprises?

5. When was the first known use of the term social capital?

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