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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had an informal literary group in Fayetteville, Arkansas, met twice a month?

2. How much did the number of nonprofit organizations of national scope listed in "Encylopedia of Associations" change between 1968 and 1997?

3. What was the one democracy that had a lower voter turnout than the United States?

4. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?

5. What crop needed to be harvested in the quote at the beginning of Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the amount of money that Americans spent on dues relate to the priority they placed on organizational involvement?

2. What warning did "Life" magazine give in an article in February, 1964?

3. What cards games used to be popular?

4. How did Greenpeace gain and then lose members?

5. What was one of the fastest-growing industries in the 1980s and why?

6. What are intracohort changes?

7. Why did Putnam say that rising mobility wasn't the central reason for civic disengagement?

8. If fewer survey respondents said that "Most people can be trusted," what might that mean?

9. What does it take to be a member of AARP?

10. What activities did women participate in as "machers"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

"Machers" and "schmoozers" represent the distinction between formal and informal social connectedness. Compare and contrast "machers" and "schmoozers."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what sprawl is and how it contributes to social disengagement.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what reciprocity is and how it benefits society.

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