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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state did the Three Mile Island nuclear accident occur?
(a) New York.
(b) Connecticut.
(c) Massachusetts.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. In the late twentieth century, how many workers belonged to unions?
(a) 11.8 percent.
(b) 39.2 percent.
(c) 21.9 percent.
(d) 14.1 percent.

3. What Chicago suburb was closely studied by urbanist William Whyte?
(a) Park Forest.
(b) Wonder Lake.
(c) Aurora.
(d) Round Lake Beach.

4. In Roper polls in the 1980s and 1990s, how many American reported going out for entertainment?
(a) 2/3.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

5. According to sociologist Robert Wuthnow, what percent of Americans claimed to be "currently involved in [a] small group that [met] regularly and [provided] support or caring for those who particpate[d] in it"?
(a) 20.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

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

7. Who rode the "antiparty bandwagon" to national prominence in 1992?
(a) Denny Lane.
(b) Ross Perot.
(c) Pat Buchanan.
(d) Howard Dean.

8. During the 1950s and 1960s, what percent of workers belonged to professional associations and other economic organizations (other than unions)?
(a) 5-7 percent.
(b) 11-15 percent.
(c) 8-10 percent.
(d) 3-4 percent.

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

10. In the 1990s, how many women worked outside the home?
(a) 2 out of 3.
(b) 3 out of 4.
(c) 4 out of 5.
(d) 1 out of 2.

11. When did the membership of community involvement groups plateau?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1954.

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

13. By what percent did union membership rates decline between 1953 and 1997 in the mining industry?
(a) 79.
(b) 63.
(c) 81.
(d) 57.

14. What Agatha Christie book did Putnam mention in Chapter 10?
(a) Murder on the Orient Express.
(b) Ordeal by Innocence.
(c) The Moving Finger.
(d) A Murder is Announced.

15. What did sociologists Claude Fischer and Robert Jackson call single-stranded interactions that began to take place in America?
(a) Communities of limited liability.
(b) Individual communities.
(c) Personal communities.
(d) Communities of one.

Short Answer Questions

1. During what time was there explosive growth in union membership?

2. Out of every dollar spent for leisure in 1929, how many cents went to club and fraternal dues?

3. Where in America has there been the most religious disengagement?

4. On average, how many times did Americans who regularly attended both church and clubs volunteer?

5. How many of the small groups that Americans participated in were Sunday school classes, prayer fellowships, Bible study groups, and other church-related groups?

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