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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. Where was a close-knit Jewish neighborhood that celebrated Purim by visits and bringing gifts of fruit and pastries?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Vermont.
(c) Maine.
(d) Rhode Island.

2. According to sociologist Robert Wuthnow, what percent of Americans claimed to be "currently involved in [a] small group that [met] regularly and [provided] support or caring for those who particpate[d] in it"?
(a) 30.
(b) 50.
(c) 40.
(d) 20.

3. 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 1/5.
(b) Less than 1/4.
(c) Less than 1/3.
(d) Less than 1/2.

4. By the 1990s, what percent of Americans identified themselves as having "no religion"?
(a) 11.
(b) 14.
(c) 21.
(d) 9.

5. Where in America has there been the most religious disengagement?
(a) East.
(b) West.
(c) South.
(d) North.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did sociologists Claude Fischer and Robert Jackson call single-stranded interactions that began to take place in America?

2. According to Wuthnow, what percent of American said that they participated regularly in self-help groups like Alcoholics Anonymous?

3. In 1998, how many American adults had college degrees?

4. By 1992, how many work places had "quality circles"?

5. During what period of time had the character of Americans' involvement with politics and government been transformed?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what did Putnam compare the mystery behind the erosion of social capital?

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

3. What were some organizational affiliations that Americans have had since the 1950s?

4. What contributed to the decline in religious participation?

5. What was the change in the membership numbers of major national professional organizations during the last half of the twentieth century?

6. What cards games used to be popular?

7. What does it take to be a member of AARP?

8. What is reciprocity?

9. How were African Americans prevented from voting?

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

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