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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Mark Granovetter document the fact that casual acquaintances can be more important assets than close friends and family when looking for a job?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1960s.

2. How many Korean business owners used debt financing to start their enterprises?
(a) 60 percent.
(b) 40 percent.
(c) 50 percent.
(d) 70 percent.

3. How many nonprofit organizations were there per 1,000 inhabitants in Vermont?
(a) 4.3.
(b) 3.6.
(c) 5.8.
(d) 6.7.

4. When was funding decimated for extracurricular activities?
(a) 1950s and 1960s.
(b) 1980s and 1990s.
(c) 1970s and 1980s.
(d) 1960s and 1970s.

5. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?
(a) Jane Jacobs.
(b) Caroline Phillips.
(c) Rebecca Davis.
(d) Mary Whitcomb.

6. Of the Korean business owners who used debt to start a business, how many borrowed money from family?
(a) 41 percent.
(b) 32 percent.
(c) 59 percent.
(d) 27 percent.

7. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?
(a) 75 percent.
(b) 80 percent.
(c) 70 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

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

9. What American president called groups organized around particular interest or passions "mischiefs of faction"?
(a) Andrew Jackson.
(b) John Adams.
(c) James Madison.
(d) George Washington.

10. What percent of the total decline of engagement might have been due to pressures of time and money?
(a) 25.
(b) 10.
(c) 15.
(d) 20.

11. What did diverse surveys indicate about the number of people who obtained jobs through a friend or relative?
(a) 3/4.
(b) About 1/2.
(c) About 1/3.
(d) 2/3.

12. When was the Great Awakening?
(a) 1812-1830.
(b) 1730-1760.
(c) 1900-1920.
(d) 1640-1670.

13. In 1998, what percent of American adults were married?
(a) 56.
(b) 45.
(c) 37.
(d) 61.

14. 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 Madison.
(b) James Monroe.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) George Washington.

15. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?
(a) 47 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 81 percent.
(d) 62 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?

2. By 1995, what percent of Americans opposed interracial dating?

3. By what date did Putnam want to ensure that Americans' level of civic engagement matched the social capital available in their grandparents' era?

4. In 1956, what percent of white Americans believed that whites and blacks should attend separate schools?

5. In 1940, what was one of the poorest cities in the poorest state in the United States?

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