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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1998, how many American adults graduated from high school?
(a) 67 percent.
(b) 82 percent.
(c) 79 percent.
(d) 93 percent.

2. Sociologist Wade Clark Roof estimated that 2/3 of all boomers reared in religious traditions dropped out. How many returned to religion?
(a) Less than 1/2.
(b) Less than 1/4.
(c) Less than 1/3.
(d) Less than 1/5.

3. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?
(a) 21.9 percent.
(b) 39.2 percent.
(c) 11.8 percent.
(d) 14.1 percent.

4. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?
(a) 4-5 times.
(b) 2-3 times.
(c) 3-4 times.
(d) 1-2 times.

5. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?
(a) 33.
(b) 57.
(c) 62.
(d) 48.

Short Answer Questions

1. For men in the years between 1965 and 1995, how much more time did they have for leisure activities per week?

2. How many organizations did Putnam find listed in the "World Alamanc"?

3. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?

4. When did something important happen to social bonds and civic engagement in America?

5. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Putnam say that rising mobility wasn't the central reason for civic disengagement?

2. How did Greenpeace gain and then lose members?

3. What cards games used to be popular?

4. Why would being too busy be an obvious reason for the tendency to drop out of community affairs?

5. If professional organizations increased membership in the twentieth century, why did Putnam believe that membership was declining?

6. Why was altruism an important diagnostic sign of social capital?

7. How were self-help groups different from civic groups?

8. How were African Americans prevented from voting?

9. What did one scholar say about religion and America?

10. What happened to the Little Rock, Arkansas Sertoma Club?

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