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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. When comparing voting records, how many years had it been since voter turnout was as bad as it was in 1996?

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

3. For how long did the Jim Crow laws depress voting rates?

4. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?

5. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was altruism an important diagnostic sign of social capital?

4. What activities did women participate in as "machers"?

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

6. How did the amount of money that Americans spent on dues relate to the priority they placed on organizational involvement?

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

8. To what did Putnam compare the mystery behind the erosion of social capital?

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

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

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

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 3

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

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