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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: Chapter 23, Lessons of History: The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many indicators of formal and informal community networks and social trust were studied across the U.S. to rate the average social capital of various states?
(a) 12.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 17.

2. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?
(a) 71.
(b) 48.
(c) 62.
(d) 59.

3. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?
(a) 1943.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1947.
(d) 1955.

4. When was the Progressive Era?
(a) 1915-1920.
(b) 1905-1910.
(c) 1900-1915.
(d) 1900-1930.

5. In what country did Putnam and several colleagues investigate regional government?
(a) France.
(b) Spain.
(c) Italy.
(d) Portugal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what state was tax evasion the highest?

3. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?

4. How much would an individual's chances of poor health increase if he moved from a state with a wealth of social capital to a state with little social capital?

5. What book by William Julius Wilson written in 1987 did Putnam mention in Chapter 18?

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