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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. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?
(a) Bing Crosby.
(b) Clint Eastwood.
(c) Jimmy Stewart.
(d) James Cagney.

2. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?
(a) Carnegie Mellon University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Columbia University.

3. Where was it first written that "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven"?
(a) Psalms.
(b) A rock song.
(c) Ecclesiastes.
(d) A country western song.

4. In the novel "Babbit," where did the main character live?
(a) Harlan, Indiana.
(b) Zenith, Ohio.
(c) Clarksville, Michigan.
(d) Brooklyn, Iowa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What American President proposed that "counties be divided into wards of such size that every citizen can attend, when called on, and act in person"?

2. Until 1870, how many inventions had been recognized by the U.S. Patent Office?

3. What proportion of American workers reported some flexibility in their work schedules in 1997?

4. After 1870, how many more patents were generated than in previous years?

5. During what time period was the Gilded Age?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why did Putnam believe that there was an increase in nostalgia in the late twentieth century?

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

9. How does social capital affect child abuse rates?

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

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