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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Great Awakening?
(a) 1900-1920.
(b) 1812-1830.
(c) 1730-1760.
(d) 1640-1670.

2. In 1870, how many miles were there in the nationwide rail network?
(a) 71,000.
(b) 62,000.
(c) 46,000.
(d) 53,000.

3. How many civic associations were members of the generation born in the 1920s liable to belong to compared to the generation born in the late 1960s?
(a) 30 percent more.
(b) 50 percent more.
(c) Three time as many.
(d) Twice as many.

4. When did Mark Granovetter document the fact that casual acquaintances can be more important assets than close friends and family when looking for a job?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1960s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1940s.

5. In 1956, what percent of white Americans believed that whites and blacks should attend separate schools?
(a) 55.
(b) 50.
(c) 45.
(d) 40.

6. When was funding decimated for extracurricular activities?
(a) 1960s and 1970s.
(b) 1950s and 1960s.
(c) 1970s and 1980s.
(d) 1980s and 1990s.

7. In Figure 59, what percent of Americans spent their evenings watching TV?
(a) 47 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 62 percent.
(d) 81 percent.

8. Where was it first written that "To everything there is a season, and a time for every purpose under the heaven"?
(a) Ecclesiastes.
(b) A rock song.
(c) Psalms.
(d) A country western song.

9. What was North Carolina's rank in the nation in terms of SAT scores, achievement tests, and dropout rates?
(a) 26.
(b) 52.
(c) 41.
(d) 37.

10. In what state was tax evasion the highest?
(a) Nevada.
(b) Utah.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Vermont.

11. After 1870, how many more patents were generated than in previous years?
(a) 15 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 20 times.
(d) 10 times.

12. What Nobel Prize winning economist believed that every commercial transaction carried with it an element of trust?
(a) John Maynard Keynes.
(b) Kenneth Arrow.
(c) Milton Friedman.
(d) Thomas Robert Malthus.

13. 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) Britain.
(b) United States.
(c) Sweden.
(d) Spain.

14. Which state had the least number of murders?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) Washington.
(c) North Dakota.
(d) Maryland.

15. During what time period was the Gilded Age?
(a) 1850-1860.
(b) 1860-1870.
(c) 1900-1910.
(d) 1870-1900.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Figure 82 "Index of Educational Performance," what state was at the bottom of the chart?

2. When did divorce rates accelerate?

3. What percent of the total decline of engagement might have been due to pressures of time and money?

4. How much would an individual's chances of poor health increase if he moved from a state with a wealth of social capital to a state with little social capital?

5. When did the government put in place slum clearance policies?

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