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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: Chapter 4, Religious Participation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Between the 1970s and 1990s, by what percent did church attendance fall among people under sixty?
(a) 30-35.
(b) 25-30.
(c) 10-20.
(d) 5-10.

2. What was the one democracy that had a lower voter turnout than the United States?
(a) Britain.
(b) Canada.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Germany.

3. Where was the bridge club located that Putnam mentioned in Chapter 1?
(a) Glenn Valley, Pennsylvania.
(b) Marshalltown, Iowa.
(c) Thornton, Colorado.
(d) Hastings, Michigan.

4. Who said "80 percent of life is simply showing up"?
(a) Bob Hope.
(b) Woody Allen.
(c) Sid Caesar.
(d) Bill Cosby.

5. When was the first known use of the term social capital?
(a) 1923.
(b) 1896.
(c) 1916.
(d) 1931.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of AARP's members belonged to local chapters?

2. By November, 1998, how many members attended a heated contest for the president of the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP?

3. When was the Roanoke, Virginia Chapter of the NAACP established?

4. During the last three hundred years, what percent of the American population has probably participated in congregations with some regularity?

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

(see the answer key)

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