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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 what country did Putnam and several colleagues investigate regional government?
(a) Spain.
(b) Italy.
(c) Portugal.
(d) France.

2. How many tons of steel were produced in 1900?
(a) 3.6 million.
(b) 5.4 million.
(c) 1.7 million.
(d) 11.2 million.

3. When was the Great Awakening?
(a) 1730-1760.
(b) 1812-1830.
(c) 1640-1670.
(d) 1900-1920.

4. Who was the first American Nobel Laureate for literature?
(a) George Bernard Shaw.
(b) Sinclair Lewis.
(c) Thomas Mann.
(d) Pearl Buck.

5. Which state had the least number of murders?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Washington.
(c) Maryland.
(d) North Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1956, what percent of white Americans believed that whites and blacks should attend separate schools?

2. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?

3. What percent of the total decline of engagement might have been due to pressures of time and money?

4. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?

5. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Materially, how did the standard of living improve in the United States during the 50 years after the Civil War?

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

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

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

7. When people said that television was their main form of entertainment, what activities did these people participate in less often?

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

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

10. How did commentators like Michael Schudson and Alan Wolfe view the change in social capital from the 1950s to the 1960s?

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