View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In what state did the KKK want to "adopt a highway"?

2. In 1985, of the 205 national citizens groups in existence, how many had chapters to which individual members belonged and paid dues?

3. Between the 1970s and 1990s, by what percent did church attendance fall among people under sixty?

4. By what year did it become a struggle for VFW Post 2378 in Berwyn, Illinois, to pay taxes on the post hall?

5. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?

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 contributed to the decline in religious participation?

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

4. How did Greenpeace gain and then lose members?

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

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

7. What is reciprocity?

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

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

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

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

There was a debate in the book regarding trends in religious behavior. Argue whether society was increasingly becoming secularized in the twentieth century or not.

Essay Topic 3

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 812 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample