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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the nickname for the state of North Carolina?
(a) The Old Dominion State.
(b) The Peach State.
(c) Yellowhammer State.
(d) Tar Heel State.

2. How many men born in the 1920s served in the military?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 85 percent.
(c) 75 percent.
(d) 70 percent.

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

4. In 1959, how many American homes had television?
(a) 80 percent.
(b) 75 percent.
(c) 90 percent.
(d) 85 percent.

5. By 1995, what percent of Americans opposed interracial dating?
(a) 46.
(b) 31.
(c) 17.
(d) 23.

6. What percent of the total decline of engagement might have been due to pressures of time and money?
(a) 25.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 20.

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

8. Of the Korean business owners who used debt to start a business, how many borrowed money from family?
(a) 32 percent.
(b) 59 percent.
(c) 27 percent.
(d) 41 percent.

9. If someone belonged to no groups, but decided to join one, how much would he cut his risk of dying over the next year?
(a) 1/5.
(b) 1/3.
(c) 1/2.
(d) 1/4.

10. Where was a study done that indicated that each employed person in one's social network increased one's annual income by $1,400?
(a) Memphis.
(b) Chicago.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Atlanta.

11. At one time, whom did they want to rename the LAX airport after?
(a) James Cagney.
(b) Clint Eastwood.
(c) Bing Crosby.
(d) Jimmy Stewart.

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

13. 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?
(a) 20-30 percent.
(b) 50-60 percent.
(c) 40-70 percent.
(d) 15-20 percent.

14. By what date did Putnam want to ensure that Americans' level of civic engagement matched the social capital available in their grandparents' era?
(a) 2020.
(b) 2015.
(c) 2010.
(d) 2025.

15. In Figure 82 "Index of Educational Performance," what state was at the bottom of the chart?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Mississippi.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many indicators of formal and informal community networks and social trust were studied across the U.S. to rate the average social capital of various states?

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

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

4. How many Korean business owners used debt financing to start their enterprises?

5. What did diverse surveys indicate about the number of people who obtained jobs through a friend or relative?

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