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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who said, "The trouble with socialism is that it would take too many evenings"?
(a) Albert Camus.
(b) Oscar Wilde.
(c) Harry Cohen.
(d) Honore de Balzac.

2. Which state had the least number of murders?
(a) Maryland.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Washington.

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

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

5. In 1870, how many miles were there in the nationwide rail network?
(a) 62,000.
(b) 53,000.
(c) 71,000.
(d) 46,000.

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

7. In 1959, how many American homes had television?
(a) 75 percent.
(b) 90 percent.
(c) 85 percent.
(d) 80 percent.

8. If someone belonged to no groups, but decided to join one, how much would he cut his risk of dying over the next year?
(a) 1/2.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 1/5.
(d) 1/3.

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

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

11. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?
(a) Yale.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Carnegie Mellon University.

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

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

14. What happened to disrupt social capital in the inner city of Indianapolis, Indiana, in the 1960s?
(a) Slum revitalization laws.
(b) Interstate 65.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Rise of gangs.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What American president called groups organized around particular interest or passions "mischiefs of faction"?

2. 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"?

3. How many civic associations were members of the generation born in the 1920s liable to belong to compared to the generation born in the late 1960s?

4. In which Arthur Miller book did Miller argue that "witches" or anyone who didn't fit in be shunned?

5. When was the Great Awakening?

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