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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. Of people who expected to move in five years, what percent were less likely to attend church, club meetings, volunteer or work on community projects?

2. Where was a close-knit Jewish neighborhood that celebrated Purim by visits and bringing gifts of fruit and pastries?

3. In surveys, how many Americans said that they believed in immortality?

4. How many more long distance calls to family and friends would women make than men?

5. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

Short Essay Questions

1. What analogy did Putnam use to show how frequent moves disrupt civic engagement?

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

3. What is reciprocity?

4. What cards games used to be popular?

5. If professional organizations increased membership in the twentieth century, why did Putnam believe that membership was declining?

6. What was the change in the membership numbers of major national professional organizations during the last half of the twentieth century?

7. What did time diaries from 1965, 1975, 1985, and 1995 reveal about participation in religious activities?

8. What did surveys show about schmoozing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Social change is produced by some combination of intracohort and intercohort changes. Discuss intracohort and intercohort social changes and their importance.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the value and problems of social networks. What areas of life benefit from these networks? Do the benefits outweigh the problems?

Essay Topic 3

Jim Crow laws decimated voter turnout in the South. Discuss the Jim Crow laws and how voting was affected when the laws were in place and when the laws were repealed.

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