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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. During what period of time had the character of Americans' involvement with politics and government been transformed?
(a) Last 2 decades of the twentieth century.
(b) Last 3 decades of the twentieth century.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s.

2. When comparing voting records, how many years had it been since voter turnout was as bad as it was in 1996?
(a) 65.
(b) 98.
(c) 164.
(d) 15.

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

4. In the 1990s, how many Americans moved?
(a) 32 percent.
(b) 24 percent.
(c) 16 percent.
(d) 8 percent.

5. How many members belonged to the American Medical Association in 1995?
(a) 428,915.
(b) 296,637.
(c) 312,549.
(d) 189,641.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of the small groups that Americans participated in were Sunday school classes, prayer fellowships, Bible study groups, and other church-related groups?

2. How much did the number of nonprofit organizations of national scope listed in "Encylopedia of Associations" change between 1968 and 1997?

3. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?

4. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Rev. Craig McMullen define the church?

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

3. What did time diaries from 1965, 1975, 1985, and 1995 reveal about participation in religious activities?

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

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

6. If fewer survey respondents said that "Most people can be trusted," what might that mean?

7. Why aren't voting and following politics, strictly speaking, social capital?

8. What changes in union membership have been seen in the twentieth century?

9. What contributed to the decline in religious participation?

10. What are intracohort changes?

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