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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 American president called groups organized around particular interest or passions "mischiefs of faction"?
(a) John Adams.
(b) Andrew Jackson.
(c) James Madison.
(d) George Washington.

2. When did Mark Granovetter document the fact that casual acquaintances can be more important assets than close friends and family when looking for a job?
(a) 1950s.
(b) 1940s.
(c) 1970s.
(d) 1960s.

3. In 1998, what percent of adults had children at home?
(a) 38.
(b) 23.
(c) 58.
(d) 41.

4. In what pastoral state did attendance at town meetings fall by nearly half between the early 1970s and the late 1990s?
(a) Maine.
(b) Kentucky.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Vermont.

5. In 1956, what percent of white Americans believed that whites and blacks should attend separate schools?
(a) 50.
(b) 45.
(c) 55.
(d) 40.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which state had the highest rate of murders?

2. In 1999 how many sixth-graders had a TV set in their bedroom?

3. By 1995, what percent of Americans opposed interracial dating?

4. By the time the average baby boomer reached age 16, how many hours of television had he watched?

5. What was North Carolina's rank in the nation in terms of SAT scores, achievement tests, and dropout rates?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was discovered about social capital and how people coped with life?

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

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

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

5. What is one of the strongest predictors of whether inner-city black youths find jobs and why?

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

7. Why did circumstantial evidence suggest that big government caused civic disengagement?

8. Why had civic life been graying in the last forty years of the twentieth century?

9. What were some inventions that transformed American life after 1870?

10. Which Americans were more likely to be involved in religious activities?

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