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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who sang, "get by with a little help from our friends"?
(a) Rolling Stones.
(b) Chuck Berry.
(c) Beatles.
(d) Elvis Presley.

2. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?
(a) Bing Crosby.
(b) Jimmy Stewart.
(c) James Cagney.
(d) Clint Eastwood.

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

4. What book by William Julius Wilson written in 1987 did Putnam mention in Chapter 18?
(a) The Truly Disadvantaged.
(b) When Work Disappears.
(c) There Goes the Neighborhood.
(d) More Than Just Race.

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

6. By what date did Putnam want to ensure that Americans' level of civic engagement matched the social capital available in their grandparents' era?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2010.
(c) 2025.
(d) 2015.

7. After 1870, how many more patents were generated than in previous years?
(a) 15 times.
(b) 20 times.
(c) 10 times.
(d) 5 times.

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

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

10. 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) E. E. Cummings.
(d) Conrad Aiken.

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

12. In 1999 how many sixth-graders had a TV set in their bedroom?
(a) 48 percent.
(b) 77 percent.
(c) 64 percent.
(d) 51 percent.

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

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

15. When did divorce rates accelerate?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1960s to mid-1970s.
(c) 1970s to mid-1980s.
(d) 1980s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Nobel Prize winning economist believed that every commercial transaction carried with it an element of trust?

2. According to a study by Sampson and Groves, which country found that organizational participation and social ties made a difference in reducing crime levels?

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

4. Who wrote a book profiling the heroic World War II generation that got mixed reviews from critics, but was a runaway best-seller?

5. When was the Great Awakening?

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