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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 1999 how many sixth-graders had a TV set in their bedroom?
2. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?
3. What percent of the decline of engagement might have been caused by electronic entertainment:
4. Who said, "It is a medium of entertainment that permits millions of people to listen to the same joke at the same time, and yet remain lonesome."
5. What American President proposed that "counties be divided into wards of such size that every citizen can attend, when called on, and act in person"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why had civic life been graying in the last forty years of the twentieth century?
2. What did Putnam see as a trend in newspaper readership?
3. What did the most systematic study of civic skills in contemporary America suggest?
4. How did the school integration busing issue illustrate the trade-offs between bridging and bonding social capital?
5. What were some inventions that transformed American life after 1870?
6. Why did Putnam believe that there was an increase in nostalgia in the late twentieth century?
7. What characteristics did criminologist Robert J. Sampson see in communities that had increased crime and violence?
8. How does social capital affect child abuse rates?
9. Materially, how did the standard of living improve in the United States during the 50 years after the Civil War?
10. What did teachers report in areas where civic engagement in community affairs in general was high?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jim Crow laws decimated voter turnout in the South. Discuss the Jim Crow laws and how voting was affected when the laws were in place and when the laws were repealed.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the value and problems of social networks. What areas of life benefit from these networks? Do the benefits outweigh the problems?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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