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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1998, how many American adults graduated from high school?
(a) 93 percent.
(b) 67 percent.
(c) 79 percent.
(d) 82 percent.

2. In one survey, how many more people did regular church attendees report talking with in a day as compared to non-church attendees?
(a) 35 percent.
(b) 45 percent.
(c) 30 percent.
(d) 40 percent.

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

4. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?
(a) 11-15 percent.
(b) 8-10 percent.
(c) 5-7 percent.
(d) 3-4 percent.

5. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?
(a) 30-61.
(b) 18-43.
(c) 25-54.
(d) 35-65.

6. How many members did the bridge club in Chapter 1 have in 1990?
(a) 18.
(b) 40-odd.
(c) 52.
(d) 25 or so.

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

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

9. In 1960, how many American adults graduated from high school?
(a) 23 percent.
(b) 41 percent.
(c) 56 percent.
(d) 39 percent.

10. When comparing voting records, how many years had it been since voter turnout was as bad as it was in 1996?
(a) 15.
(b) 98.
(c) 164.
(d) 65.

11. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?
(a) 48.
(b) 57.
(c) 62.
(d) 33.

12. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?
(a) 21.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 14.

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

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

15. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?
(a) People under 45.
(b) People in their 30s.
(c) People over 50.
(d) People in their 20s.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In 1998, how many people believed that people lived as honestly and morally as they used to?

4. How much had states spent on "motor voter" registration?

5. Between 1970 and 1998, by how much did the number of full-service restaurants per one hundred thousand population fall?

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