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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. In which Arthur Miller book did Miller argue that "witches" or anyone who didn't fit in be shunned?

2. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?

3. In what state was tax evasion the highest?

4. What state ranked 9th in the nation in terms of SAT scores, achievement tests, and dropout rates?

5. How many Korean business owners used debt financing to start their enterprises?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was different about American males in their sixties and seventies at the end of the twentieth century than their grandsons?

2. What was discovered about social capital and how people coped with life?

3. How did commentators like Michael Schudson and Alan Wolfe view the change in social capital from the 1950s to the 1960s?

4. Why when looking for a job, did Mark Granovetter document that acquaintances were more important than other factors?

5. When people said that television was their main form of entertainment, what activities did these people participate in less often?

6. What have studies shown about health and integration with the community?

7. How did the school integration busing issue illustrate the trade-offs between bridging and bonding social capital?

8. Why did circumstantial evidence suggest that big government caused civic disengagement?

9. What were some inventions that transformed American life after 1870?

10. How might social capital serve as a physiological triggering mechanism?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the value and problems of social networks. What areas of life benefit from these networks? Do the benefits outweigh the problems?

Essay Topic 2

Putnam asked whether social capital was beneficial to individuals. Discuss ways that social capital benefits individuals.

Essay Topic 3

"Machers" and "schmoozers" represent the distinction between formal and informal social connectedness. Compare and contrast "machers" and "schmoozers."

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