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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. From what language do the terms "macher" and "schmoozer" come from?
2. In one survey, how many more people did regular church attendees report talking with in a day as compared to non-church attendees?
3. Of the 28,000 National Audubon Society members in Texas, how many were active members?
4. When did party finances skyrocket?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did time diaries from 1965, 1975, 1985, and 1995 reveal about participation in religious activities?
2. What activities did women participate in as "machers"?
3. To what did Putnam compare the mystery behind the erosion of social capital?
4. What did one scholar say about religion and America?
5. Why aren't voting and following politics, strictly speaking, social capital?
6. What was one of the fastest-growing industries in the 1980s and why?
7. What was the change in the membership numbers of major national professional organizations during the last half of the twentieth century?
8. What changes in union membership have been seen in the twentieth century?
9. What were some great social movements that occurred in the last third of the twentieth century?
10. What are intracohort changes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The idea was proposed that workers transferred their friendships, civic discussions, and community ties from"the front porch to the water cooler." Discuss whether workers transferred their social ties from the community to the workplace.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss bridging and bonding and provide some examples of how these types of social capital work in society.
Essay Topic 3
An analogy was used to compare social connectedness to a murder mystery. Discuss what tests or benchmarks needed to be used when considering possible reasons why social connectedness declined.
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