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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. What city launched a path-breaking education reform in the late 1980s that had parent participation as a cornerstone?
(a) Minneapolis.
(b) Detroit.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

2. By 1995, what percent of Americans opposed interracial dating?
(a) 46.
(b) 23.
(c) 17.
(d) 31.

3. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?
(a) The Old Dominion State.
(b) Yellowhammer State.
(c) The Peach State.
(d) Tar Heel State.

4. Where was a study done that indicated that each employed person in one's social network increased one's annual income by $1,400?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Memphis.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Atlanta.

5. During what time period was the Gilded Age?
(a) 1850-1860.
(b) 1870-1900.
(c) 1900-1910.
(d) 1860-1870.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote a book profiling the heroic World War II generation that got mixed reviews from critics, but was a runaway best-seller?

2. How many civic associations were members of the generation born in the 1920s liable to belong to compared to the generation born in the late 1960s?

3. How long did it take the telephone to reach 75 percent of American households?

4. In 1940, what was one of the poorest cities in the poorest state in the United States?

5. When were Americans born who were the most engaged or tolerant?

Short Essay Questions

1. How might social capital serve as a physiological triggering mechanism?

2. Why did smaller schools encourage more active involvement in extracurricular activity?

3. What did Putnam see as a trend in newspaper readership?

4. Why did John Stuart Mill laud the effects of participatory democracy on character?

5. What did Putnam believe that leaders and activists must seek to do to rebuild social capital?

6. What did teachers report in areas where civic engagement in community affairs in general was high?

7. How did the school integration busing issue illustrate the trade-offs between bridging and bonding social capital?

8. How does social capital affect child abuse rates?

9. What characteristics did criminologist Robert J. Sampson see in communities that had increased crime and violence?

10. What is generally accepted as the most reliable index of the incidence of crime?

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