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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. How many nonprofit organizations were there per 1,000 inhabitants in Vermont?

2. In 1999 how many sixth-graders had a TV set in their bedroom?

3. In what country did Putnam and several colleagues investigate regional government?

4. When was the Great Awakening?

5. Until 1870, how many inventions had been recognized by the U.S. Patent Office?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the most systematic study of civic skills in contemporary America suggest?

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

3. How does social capital affect child abuse rates?

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

5. Which Americans were more likely to be involved in religious activities?

6. Why did John Stuart Mill laud the effects of participatory democracy on character?

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

8. What is one of the strongest predictors of whether inner-city black youths find jobs and why?

9. Materially, how did the standard of living improve in the United States during the 50 years after the Civil War?

10. What is generally accepted as the most reliable index of the incidence of crime?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss bridging and bonding and provide some examples of how these types of social capital work in society.

Essay Topic 2

Social change is produced by some combination of intracohort and intercohort changes. Discuss intracohort and intercohort social changes and their importance.

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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