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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) United States.
(c) Britain.
(d) Sweden.

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

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

4. What Nobel Prize winning economist believed that every commercial transaction carried with it an element of trust?
(a) Thomas Robert Malthus.
(b) John Maynard Keynes.
(c) Kenneth Arrow.
(d) Milton Friedman.

5. 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) San Francisco.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Chicago.

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

7. How many Americans in any given year suffered from major depression?
(a) 15 percent.
(b) 20 percent.
(c) 10 percent.
(d) 5 percent.

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

9. At what percent was social trust in Mississippi?
(a) 17.
(b) 29.
(c) 22.
(d) 15.

10. In 1998, what percent of adults had children at home?
(a) 38.
(b) 58.
(c) 41.
(d) 23.

11. 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) Thomas Jefferson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) George Washington.

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

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

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

15. What percent of the decline of engagement might have been caused by electronic entertainment:
(a) 25.
(b) 34.
(c) 18.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was funding decimated for extracurricular activities?

2. 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?

3. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?

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

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

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