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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which state had the highest rate of murders?
(a) Mississippi.
(b) Florida.
(c) Alabama.
(d) Louisiana.

2. When did Bill Clinton become president?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1992.

3. What small, Italian American community had been studied for nearly 40 years beginning in the 1950s?
(a) Roseto, Pennsylvania.
(b) Rome Point, Rhode Island.
(c) Coventry, Rhode Island.
(d) Milano, Pennsylvania.

4. According to a study by Sampson and Groves, which country found that organizational participation and social ties made a difference in reducing crime levels?
(a) Spain.
(b) Britain.
(c) United States.
(d) Sweden.

5. By 1995, what percent of Americans opposed interracial dating?
(a) 46.
(b) 23.
(c) 17.
(d) 31.

6. What American President proposed that "counties be divided into wards of such size that every citizen can attend, when called on, and act in person"?
(a) James Monroe.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) James Madison.

7. Who said, "It is a medium of entertainment that permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome."
(a) E. E. Cummings.
(b) Frank Bidart.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Conrad Aiken.

8. In which Arthur Miller book did Miller argue that "witches" or anyone who didn't fit in be shunned?
(a) View from a Bridge.
(b) The Crucible.
(c) After the Fall.
(d) Death of a Salesman.

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

10. In Figure 82 "Index of Educational Performance," what state was at the bottom of the chart?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Mississippi.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Tennessee.

11. By the time the average baby boomer reached age 16, how many hours of television had he watched?
(a) 12,000 to 15,000 hours.
(b) 25,000 hours.
(c) 5,000 to 6,000 hours.
(d) 20,000 hours.

12. 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) 17.
(c) 21.
(d) 14.

13. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?
(a) Yellowhammer State.
(b) Tar Heel State.
(c) The Peach State.
(d) The Old Dominion State.

14. What was North Carolina's rank in the nation in terms of SAT scores, achievement tests, and dropout rates?
(a) 41.
(b) 52.
(c) 37.
(d) 26.

15. What type of a culture was found in the South?
(a) Conventionalistic.
(b) Traditionalistic.
(c) Individualistic.
(d) Moralistic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sang, "get by with a little help from our friends"?

2. If someone belonged to no groups, but decided to join one, how much would he cut his risk of dying over the next year?

3. Of the Korean business owners who used debt to start a business, how many borrowed money from family?

4. Who was the first American Nobel Laureate for literature?

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

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