Question 1

What might Max Weber suggest is the primary difference between a lawyer in the United States and the self-made billionaire of a U.S.-based manufacturing company?

Accepted Answer

A)   The lawyer has high prestige by virtue of occupation, while the self-made millionaire has only wealth.
B)   The lawyer wields a great deal of power by virtue of occupation, while the self-made millionaire has high prestige due to accomplishment.
C)   The lawyer suffers low prestige by virtue of occupation, while the self-made millionaire enjoys high prestige by virtue of being self-made.
D)   The lawyer has high wealth by virtue of occupation, while the self-made millionaire does not.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

A few modern societies such as the Amish have attempted to forge a more egalitarian society. Based on the information in the text, we can attribute this success to what aspect of human interaction?

Accepted Answer

A)   ranking
B)   recidivism
C)   reciprocity
D)   redistributionE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

Your roommate always offers you a slice of pizza when he orders delivery. Sometimes you wash all the dishes, even though you didn't use them all. Neither of you ask for money. Your actions are examples of:

Accepted Answer

A)   patterns of reciprocity.
B)   flexible accumulation.
C)   patterns of stratification.
D)   patterns of generosity.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

What do we call the total value of what someone owns, including stocks, bonds, and real estate, minus any debt?

Accepted Answer

A)   wealth
B)   investments
C)   income
D)   capitalE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 5

The dramatic increases in debt and student loan costs have helped perpetuate what aspect of life in U.S. society?

Accepted Answer

A)   the housing crisis
B)   access to quality education
C)   the culture of consumption
D)   maintaining a good credit ratingE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

How does Pem Davidson Buck's work on the history of poor white people in rural Kentucky reflect how income and wealth are affected by other forms of social stratification?

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Question 7

How do systems of class affect an individual's life chances?

Accepted Answer

A)   They affect the chance for upward mobility.
B)   They are unrelated to the chance for upward mobility.
C)   They lead to social stagnation.
D)   They encourage rebellious behavior.E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 8

At a reception for the new junior associates, Matthew bonded with a partner of his law firm over their shared passion for fine French wines, a taste his parents instilled in him. Mathew was assigned to work with that partner, which resulted in Matthew receiving a promotion. How would Pierre Bourdieu explain this?

Accepted Answer

A)   Matthew never loses the opportunity to show off his wealth.
B)   This case demonstrates that the United States is a meritocracy.
C)   Matthew used his cultural capital to benefit his career.
D)   Intersectionality can explain Matthews privileged treatment.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 9

What does recent archaeological evidence suggest about hierarchy, violence, and aggression?

Accepted Answer

A)   All have been key to increasing an individual's life chances.
B)   They are not the basis of evolutionary success.
C)   All were central to the evolutionary success of early humans.
D)   They are the natural state of human culture.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Which of the following members of a ranked society may not accumulate great wealth but enjoy high prestige?

Accepted Answer

A)   women
B)   elders
C)   men
D)   chiefsE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 11

The increasing concentration of wealth into the hands of a smaller number of persons, in part due to globalization, is part of which accelerating process?

Accepted Answer

A)   egalitarianism
B)   stratification
C)   social ranking
D)   social prestigeE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

Pierre Bourdieu worked to understand the relationship between class, culture, and power by studying schools in France with the expectation of finding that social mobility was the result of meritocracy. What did he discover instead?

Accepted Answer

A)   Social isolation took place due to the high rate of parental involvement.
B)   Social reproduction tended to disappear after one generation of children had completed school.
C)   Social mobility did not affect the relationship between parent and child.
D)   The educational system helped reproduce existing social relations by passing class positions from generation to generation in a family.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 13

Cochabamba street vendors, known as ambulantes,

Accepted Answer

A)   participate in the informal economy.
B)   have permanent stalls in the Cancha market place.
C)   help the fijos when they are harassed by police.
D)   are staunch defenders of the official economy.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 14

The culture of poverty theory suggests that poverty is the result of an individual's dysfunctional behaviors, attitudes, and values. Anthropologists have strongly challenged this idea, arguing that poverty is a structural problem. What do they say this results from?

Accepted Answer

A)   It results from uneven access to a college education.
B)   It results from partisan political infighting.
C)   It results from poor decisions around urban renewal in the 1960s and 1970s.
D)   It results from dysfunctional aspects of the entire economic system.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Reciprocity:

Accepted Answer

A)   depletes groups resources.
B)   has been completely replaced by capitalism.
C)   promotes aggression between relatives.
D)   has long-term benefits for the group.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 16

Leith Mullings argues that class cannot be studied in isolation but rather must be considered together with race and gender as interlocking systems of what?

Accepted Answer

A)   class
B)   status
C)   power
D)   prestigeE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

According to Karl Marx, the capitalist class increase their wealth through:

Accepted Answer

A)   intense competition.
B)   extracting surplus labor value from the workers.
C)   selling labor to the bourgeoisie.
D)   meritocracy.E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 18

Why might theorist Pierre Bourdieu have decided to examine his theory of social mobility-the interrelationships between culture, class, and power-in the French school system as opposed to, say, the workplace of adults?

Accepted Answer

A)   Schools afforded him the opportunity to study how children entered the workplace.
B)   Schools offered the chance to look across multiple generations.
C)   Schools afforded a quieter, more stable environment.
D)   In theory, success in school does not depend on individual students' talent and motivation.E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 19

Which of the following consists of wages earned from work, plus dividends and interest on investments along with rents and royalties?

Accepted Answer

A)   investments
B)   wealth
C)   income
D)   profitsE) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 20

What do we call the movement, both upward and downward, of one's class position in a society?

Accepted Answer

A)   social inertia
B)   social achievement
C)   social reproduction
D)   social mobilityE) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following consists of wages earned from work, plus dividends and interest on investments along with rents and royalties?

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Pierre Bourdieu worked to understand the relationship between class, culture, and power by studying schools in France with the expectation of finding that social mobility was the result of meritocracy. What did he discover instead?

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What does recent archaeological evidence suggest about hierarchy, violence, and aggression?

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What do we call the total value of what someone owns, including stocks, bonds, and real estate, minus any debt?

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What might Max Weber suggest is the primary difference between a lawyer in the United States and the self-made billionaire of a U.S.-based manufacturing company?

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What do we call the movement, both upward and downward, of one's class position in a society?

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Why might theorist Pierre Bourdieu have decided to examine his theory of social mobility-the interrelationships between culture, class, and power-in the French school system as opposed to, say, the workplace of adults?

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The culture of poverty theory suggests that poverty is the result of an individual's dysfunctional behaviors, attitudes, and values. Anthropologists have strongly challenged this idea, arguing that poverty is a structural problem. What do they say this results from?

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According to Karl Marx, the capitalist class increase their wealth through:

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The dramatic increases in debt and student loan costs have helped perpetuate what aspect of life in U.S. society?

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Cochabamba street vendors, known as ambulantes,

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How do systems of class affect an individual's life chances?

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The increasing concentration of wealth into the hands of a smaller number of persons, in part due to globalization, is part of which accelerating process?

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Reciprocity:

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Your roommate always offers you a slice of pizza when he orders delivery. Sometimes you wash all the dishes, even though you didn't use them all. Neither of you ask for money. Your actions are examples of:

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A few modern societies such as the Amish have attempted to forge a more egalitarian society. Based on the information in the text, we can attribute this success to what aspect of human interaction?

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Which of the following members of a ranked society may not accumulate great wealth but enjoy high prestige?

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How does Pem Davidson Buck's work on the history of poor white people in rural Kentucky reflect how income and wealth are affected by other forms of social stratification?

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Leith Mullings argues that class cannot be studied in isolation but rather must be considered together with race and gender as interlocking systems of what?

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Pierre Bourdieu worked to understand the relationship between class, culture, and power by studying schools in France with the expectation of finding that social mobility was the result of meritocracy. What did he discover instead?

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What does recent archaeological evidence suggest about hierarchy, violence, and aggression?

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What do we call the total value of what someone owns, including stocks, bonds, and real estate, minus any debt?

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What might Max Weber suggest is the primary difference between a lawyer in the United States and the self-made billionaire of a U.S.-based manufacturing company?

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What do we call the movement, both upward and downward, of one's class position in a society?

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The culture of poverty theory suggests that poverty is the result of an individual's dysfunctional behaviors, attitudes, and values. Anthropologists have strongly challenged this idea, arguing that poverty is a structural problem. What do they say this results from?

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According to Karl Marx, the capitalist class increase their wealth through:

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The dramatic increases in debt and student loan costs have helped perpetuate what aspect of life in U.S. society?

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Cochabamba street vendors, known as ambulantes,

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The increasing concentration of wealth into the hands of a smaller number of persons, in part due to globalization, is part of which accelerating process?

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A few modern societies such as the Amish have attempted to forge a more egalitarian society. Based on the information in the text, we can attribute this success to what aspect of human interaction?

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Which of the following members of a ranked society may not accumulate great wealth but enjoy high prestige?

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