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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 6, Informal Social Connections.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Thornton, Colorado.
(b) Marshalltown, Iowa.
(c) Glenn Valley, Pennsylvania.
(d) Hastings, Michigan.

2. Where in America has there been the most religious disengagement?
(a) North.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) West.

3. When was the first known use of the term social capital?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1931.

4. When was the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP established?
(a) 1918.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1923.
(d) 1941.

5. When did the membership of community involvement groups plateau?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1954.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time was there explosive growth in union membership?

2. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?

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

4. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?

5. In Gallup Polls in the 1990s, how many workers said they enjoyed work hours more than hours when they were not at work?

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