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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. In the 1950s, how many Americans changed residence each year?

2. When was the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP established?

3. How many years did the Charity League of Dallas meet every Friday morning?

4. Between 1976 and 1997, what was the drop in families with children between eight to seventeen who vacationed together?

5. What percent of individuals did Jeremy Toole believed received their social connections from the workplace?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to the Little Rock, Arkansas Sertoma Club?

2. To what did Putnam compare the mystery behind the erosion of social capital?

3. What cards games used to be popular?

4. What contributed to the decline in religious participation?

5. How did America compare with other democracies in the rate of political participation?

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

7. Why did the Charity League of Dallas have to hold their last meeting?

8. What is reciprocity?

9. What were some organizational affiliations that Americans have had since the 1950s?

10. What was the mystery about the erosion of social capital?

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

Seniors volunteered in greater numbers in the 1990s than in the 1970s. Discuss why more seniors were volunteering in the 1990s than at any other time.

Essay Topic 3

Some generations were introduced to television as adults, and some generations grew up with television. Discuss television viewing and how viewing television is different among different generations.

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