Bowling Alone Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Robert D. Putnam
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Bowling Alone Quiz | One Week Quiz A

Robert D. Putnam
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 123 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: Chapter 18, Safe and Productive Neighborhoods.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By what year did some estimate that 35 million Americans played bridge?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1958.

2. What book by William Julius Wilson written in 1987 did Putnam mention in Chapter 18?
(a) When Work Disappears.
(b) There Goes the Neighborhood.
(c) The Truly Disadvantaged.
(d) More Than Just Race.

3. At the end of the twentieth century, how many Americans said that they definitely ate their evening meal as a family?
(a) 34 percent.
(b) 46 percent.
(c) 17 percent.
(d) 23 percent.

4. According to a study by Sampson and Groves, which country found that organizational participation and social ties made a difference in reducing crime levels?
(a) Sweden.
(b) United States.
(c) Spain.
(d) Britain.

5. Where were groups of working-class housewives most likely to play cards frequently?
(a) Great Plains.
(b) East coast.
(c) Rockies.
(d) West coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. By 1999, what was the average age of those who were members of the American Contract Bridge League?

2. In 1999, what percent of Americans owned their own home?

3. How many Americans moved each year according to Putnam?

4. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?

5. What Chicago suburb was closely studied by urbanist William Whyte?

(see the answer key)

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