On the Third Wednesday of Every Month, a Bar and Grill

question 32

Multiple Choice

On the third Wednesday of every month, a bar and grill has a "backgammon night." The bar provides backgammon boards and pieces, and a fairly regular group of players come in, share a few drinks, and play backgammon together. What is this an example of?

• A) communitarianism
• B) private recreation
• C) the uses and gratifications paradigm
• D) the decline of public life
• E) a lifestyle enclave

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