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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. On average, how many times did Americans who regularly attended both church and clubs volunteer?

2. In 1998, how many American adults had college degrees?

3. When was the PTA founded?

4. By how much did Greenpeace's membership drop when they stopped using direct-mail solicitation?

5. In 1996, how many Americans voted in the election between Clinton, Dole, and Perot?

Short Essay Questions

1. What cards games used to be popular?

2. How did Greenpeace gain and then lose members?

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

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

5. What did one scholar say about religion and America?

6. How did the effect of women getting a job outside the home have opposite effects on community involvement?

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

8. What did surveys show about schmoozing?

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

10. What changes in union membership have been seen in the twentieth century?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Putnam looked at official membership as a barometer of community involvement. Discuss how official membership could be a measurement of community involvement and what membership showed about civic involvement.

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

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

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