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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 Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?
(a) 1/4.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/2.

2. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?
(a) Pat Buchanan.
(b) Denny Lane.
(c) Ross Perot.
(d) Howard Dean.

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

4. In 1986, what percent of all organization members had served as an officer?
(a) 51.
(b) 26.
(c) 38.
(d) 46.

5. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?
(a) Great Plains.
(b) East coast.
(c) West coast.
(d) Rockies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?

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

4. What ages of women in the 1980s and 1990s felt the most harried?

5. Where was a close-knit Jewish neighborhood that celebrated Purim by visits and bringing gifts of fruit and pastries?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did the effect of women getting a job outside the home have opposite effects on community involvement?

4. What is reciprocity?

5. In what group was there seen an increase in volunteering?

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

7. What activities did women participate in as "machers"?

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

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

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

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