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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. What age group of people was more likely to make telephone calls?
2. How much higher were crime rates in cities than in small towns or rural areas?
3. In the last two decades of the twentieth century, by what fraction did unlisted phone numbers grow?
4. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?
5. During what period of time had the character of Americans' involvement with politics and government been transformed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to the Little Rock, Arkansas Sertoma Club?
2. What warning did "Life" magazine give in an article in February, 1964?
3. How did America compare with other democracies in the rate of political participation?
4. Why would being too busy be an obvious reason for the tendency to drop out of community affairs?
5. What were some great social movements that occurred in the last third of the twentieth century?
6. How was the early nineteenth century in New England "a very social time"?
7. What are intracohort changes?
8. What was the change in the membership numbers of major national professional organizations during the last half of the twentieth century?
9. If fewer survey respondents said that "Most people can be trusted," what might that mean?
10. What were some organizational affiliations that Americans have had since the 1950s?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss what reciprocity is and how it benefits society.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
The mass-membership organization rose in the late twentieth century. Discuss the mass-membership organization and its role in society.
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