Bowling Alone Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Bowling Alone Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many nonprofit organizations were there per 1,000 inhabitants in Vermont?
(a) 4.3.
(b) 3.6.
(c) 6.7.
(d) 5.8.

2. When were Americans born who were the most engaged or tolerant?
(a) 1950-55.
(b) 1940-45.
(c) 1930-35.
(d) 1960-65.

3. 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) A country western song.
(d) Psalms.

4. Researchers at what university discovered that people with more diverse social ties got fewer colds?
(a) Columbia University.
(b) Yale.
(c) Carnegie Mellon University.
(d) Harvard.

5. How long did it take the telephone to reach 75 percent of American households?
(a) 53 years.
(b) 74 years.
(c) 67 years.
(d) 41 years.

6. 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) 1/2.
(c) 1/4.
(d) 1/3.

7. How large of a gorilla did Robinson and Godbey compare television to?
(a) 500 pound.
(b) 750 pound.
(c) 800 pound.
(d) 1,000 pound.

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

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

10. What small, Italian American community had been studied for nearly 40 years beginning in the 1950s?
(a) Roseto, Pennsylvania.
(b) Coventry, Rhode Island.
(c) Rome Point, Rhode Island.
(d) Milano, Pennsylvania.

11. What type of a culture was found in the South?
(a) Moralistic.
(b) Individualistic.
(c) Conventionalistic.
(d) Traditionalistic.

12. Who wrote "The Death and Life of Great American Cities"?
(a) Jane Jacobs.
(b) Mary Whitcomb.
(c) Rebecca Davis.
(d) Caroline Phillips.

13. In 1998, what percent of American adults were married?
(a) 61.
(b) 56.
(c) 45.
(d) 37.

14. When did divorce rates accelerate?
(a) 1980s.
(b) 1960s to mid-1970s.
(c) 1950s.
(d) 1970s to mid-1980s.

15. What did diverse surveys indicate about the number of people who obtained jobs through a friend or relative?
(a) 3/4.
(b) About 1/3.
(c) 2/3.
(d) About 1/2.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which Arthur Miller book did Miller argue that "witches" or anyone who didn't fit in be shunned?

2. How many tons of steel were produced in 1900?

3. In 1870, how many miles were there in the nationwide rail network?

4. In 1959, how many American homes had television?

5. In what state was tax evasion the highest?

(see the answer keys)

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