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

2. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is reciprocity?

2. How were self-help groups different from civic groups?

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

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

5. What did surveys show about schmoozing?

6. Why weren't the 1950s and 1960s a "golden age"?

7. In what group was there seen an increase in volunteering?

8. Why aren't voting and following politics, strictly speaking, social capital?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

New developments in telecommunications seemed to affect social connectedness. Discuss how telecommunications, specifically the telephone and the Internet, affected social connectedness.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what reciprocity is and how it benefits society.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss bridging and bonding and provide some examples of how these types of social capital work in society.

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