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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sociologist Wade Clark Roof estimated that 2/3 of all boomers reared in religious traditions dropped out. How many returned to religion?
(a) Less than 1/3.
(b) Less than 1/5.
(c) Less than 1/2.
(d) Less than 1/4.

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

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

4. In 1985, of the 205 national citizens groups in existence, how many had chapters to which individual members belonged and paid dues?
(a) Less than 3/4.
(b) Less than 1/4.
(c) Less than 1/3.
(d) Less than 1/2.

5. In the 1940s, how likely was it that a deck of playing cards would be found in American homes?
(a) 93 percent.
(b) 79 percent.
(c) 87 percent.
(d) 61 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what states did Philip Hammond survey churchgoers?

2. Between the 1970s and 1990s, by what percent did church attendance fall among people under sixty?

3. In the 1950s, how many Americans changed residence each year?

4. In 1995 how many Americans volunteered?

5. For how many years did the Vassar alumnae of Washington, D.C., have an annual book sale?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the effect of women getting a job outside the home have opposite effects on community involvement?

2. Why did the Charity League of Dallas have to hold their last meeting?

3. What was one of the fastest-growing industries in the 1980s and why?

4. What happened to the Little Rock, Arkansas Sertoma Club?

5. How were African Americans prevented from voting?

6. What is reciprocity?

7. What changes in union membership have been seen in the twentieth century?

8. How did Greenpeace gain and then lose members?

9. What are intracohort changes?

10. What does it take to be a member of AARP?

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