After reading the article titled “Social Class” by Wright, complete the following quiz. You will have 30 minutes to complete the quiz.
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The mere idea of class implies which of the following must exist?
social injustice
a predominant religious or ethnic group
Correct Answer
income inequality
gender discrimination
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Which of the following individuals believed that class was both a means of explaining economic differences and also a form of oppression?
Correct Answer
Marx
Durkheim
Mann
Weber
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Weber’s main problem with historical variation is the degree of rationalization of different dimensions of inequality.
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True
False
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What terms are best associated with Bourdieu’s beliefs on non-economic aspects of opportunity?
life chance & coincidence
oppression & exploitation
failure & success
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social & cultural capital
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Weber believed that the quantity and kind of resources you own are not ultimately related to the opportunities you have.
True
Correct Answer
False
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The Exclusion Principle states which of the following?
Material welfare of exploiters depends on material losses of the exploited.
Exclusion creates advantage to exploiters by appropriating labor from the exploited.
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The exploited are excluded from access to certain resources.
None of the above are correct.
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Marx believes those who are exploited in society have no power left to exercise over their exploiters.
True
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False
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According to Weberian Theory, “ownership” refers to which of the following?
owning one’s ability for labor
a learned set of skills and credentials
controlling the means of production
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All of the above are correct.
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Marx believed that emancipating oneself from exploitation was at the heart of understanding class.
Correct Answer
True
False
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Why does Weber believe that capitalist societies witness class as a leading cause of stratification?
Corporate profits are not reinvested into the working class.
The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.
Correct Answer
Capitalism creates constant technical and economic transformation.
You Answered
None of the above are correct.
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