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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 1998, what percent of American adults were married?
(a) 56.
(b) 61.
(c) 37.
(d) 45.
2. Which state had the least number of murders?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Maryland.
(c) Washington.
(d) North Dakota.
3. How much would an individual's chances of poor health increase if he moved from a state with a wealth of social capital to a state with little social capital?
(a) 40-70 percent.
(b) 15-20 percent.
(c) 20-30 percent.
(d) 50-60 percent.
4. When was the Great Awakening?
(a) 1812-1830.
(b) 1900-1920.
(c) 1730-1760.
(d) 1640-1670.
5. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?
(a) 47 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 81 percent.
(d) 62 percent.
Short Answer Questions
1. In 1998, what percent of adults had children at home?
2. In what state was tax evasion the highest?
3. How many Korean business owners used debt financing to start their enterprises?
4. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?
5. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Which Americans were more likely to be involved in religious activities?
2. What was different about American males in their sixties and seventies at the end of the twentieth century than their grandsons?
3. What is generally accepted as the most reliable index of the incidence of crime?
4. What did the most systematic study of civic skills in contemporary America suggest?
5. Why had civic life been graying in the last forty years of the twentieth century?
6. What did teachers report in areas where civic engagement in community affairs in general was high?
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 see as a trend in newspaper readership?
9. Why did smaller schools encourage more active involvement in extracurricular activity?
10. Materially, how did the standard of living improve in the United States during the 50 years after the Civil War?
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