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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. When was the first known use of the term social capital?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1931.

2. Between 1976 and 1997, what was the drop in families with children between eight to seventeen who vacationed together?
(a) 12 percent.
(b) 26 percent.
(c) 38 percent.
(d) 49 percent.

3. How many members did the Environmental Defense Fund have in 1995?
(a) 400,000.
(b) 100,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 300,000.

4. By what percent did religious adherence grow steadily from 1776 to 1980?
(a) 62.
(b) 71.
(c) 48.
(d) 59.

5. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Glenn Valley, Pennsylvania.
(b) Marshalltown, Iowa.
(c) Hastings, Michigan.
(d) Thornton, Colorado.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. In 1960, how many voting-age Americans went to the polls to choose between Kennedy and Nixon?

3. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?

4. What crop needed to be harvested in the quote at the beginning of Chapter 8?

5. When comparing voting records, how many years had it been since voter turnout was as bad as it was in 1996?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why weren't the 1950s and 1960s a "golden age"?

2. What analogy did Putnam use to show how frequent moves disrupt civic engagement?

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

4. What were some great social movements that occurred in the last third of the twentieth century?

5. What was one of the fastest-growing industries in the 1980s and why?

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

7. How did the amount of money that Americans spent on dues relate to the priority they placed on organizational involvement?

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

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

10. What was the mystery about the erosion of social capital?

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