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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1956, what percent of white Americans believed that whites and blacks should attend separate schools?
(a) 40.
(b) 55.
(c) 50.
(d) 45.

2. 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.

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?
(a) 30 percent more.
(b) 50 percent more.
(c) Three time as many.
(d) Twice as many.

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

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

6. In the novel "Babbit," where did the main character live?
(a) Brooklyn, Iowa.
(b) Zenith, Ohio.
(c) Harlan, Indiana.
(d) Clarksville, Michigan.

7. 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) Chicago.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Memphis.

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

9. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was funding decimated for extracurricular activities?

2. Which state had the highest rate of murders?

3. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?

4. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?

5. What percent of the total decline of engagement might have been due to pressures of time and money?

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