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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until 1870, how many inventions had been recognized by the U.S. Patent Office?
(a) 133,000.
(b) 57,000.
(c) 98,000.
(d) 118,000.

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

3. When was Charles Tilly born?
(a) 1898.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1913.
(d) 1931.

4. How long did it take the telephone to reach 75 percent of American households?
(a) 67 years.
(b) 74 years.
(c) 53 years.
(d) 41 years.

5. 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) Frank Bidart.
(b) T.S. Eliot.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) E. E. Cummings.

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

7. In 1940, what was one of the poorest cities in the poorest state in the United States?
(a) Bessemer, Alabama.
(b) Anniston, Alabama.
(c) Tupelo, Mississippi.
(d) Calhoun City, Mississippi.

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

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

10. 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) 1960s.
(d) 1950s.

11. Where was a study done that indicated that each employed person in one's social network increased one's annual income by $1,400?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) San Francisco.

12. When was "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" written?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1948.

13. What proportion of American workers reported some flexibility in their work schedules in 1997?
(a) 30 percent.
(b) 25 percent.
(c) 20 percent.
(d) 35 percent.

14. 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?
(a) 20-30 percent.
(b) 40-70 percent.
(c) 15-20 percent.
(d) 50-60 percent.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What city launched a path-breaking education reform in the late 1980s that had parent participation as a cornerstone?

2. 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?

3. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?

4. By the time the average baby boomer reached age 16, how many hours of television had he watched?

5. In 1959, how many American homes had television?

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