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Question #1
Which factor is considered when evaluating someone’s standard of living?
A.
Income
B.
Class
C.
All of these
D.
Employment
Question #2
Charlotte was born to a lower class family in rural Pennsylvania. After taking a job in the mail room of a large corporate office, Charlotte is slowly promoted through the ranks and becomes CEO of the company by the age of 50. What type of stratification is shown in this story?
A.
Intergenerational mobility
B.
Structural mobility
C.
Downward mobility
D.
Intragenerational mobility
Question #3
In 2008 the United States, as well as the rest of the world, felt the effects of the recession. After the collapse of the housing market, people lost their jobs and they quit spending money. Many people could not afford their mortgages anymore and their homes went into foreclosure. For many people, it was a time of __________.
A.
Downward mobility
B.
Social stratification
C.
Social inconsistency
D.
Horizontal mobility
Question #4
What seems to be the key (although not the rule) to upward social mobility?
A.
How much you spend on your personal appearance.
B.
How much education you have.
C.
How many jobs you work.
D.
How well off your parents are.
Question #5
The Davis-Moore Thesis states:
A.
That people constantly move up and down the social ladder, and this creates an unstable economy which will eventually collapse on itself.
B.
That Karl Marx was correct and that stratification can only be solved by converting to a socialist government.
C.
That economic hardship and skyrocketing inflation is the cause for all social stratification in the United States.
D.
That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make.
Question #6
Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification?
A.
Émile Durkheim
B.
Auguste Comte
C.
Karl Marx
D.
René Decartes
Question #7
Symbolic interactionists have come to the conclusion that:
A.
Only lower class people drink beer.
B.
Most people do not care about social rank and standing.
C.
Most people only socialize with people in their same social class.
D.
Only upper class people can enjoy a good game of polo.
Question #8
Which historical event was greatly responsible for global stratification as we see it today?
A.
The French Revolution
B.
The Fall of the British Empire
C.
World War I
D.
The Industrial Revolution
Question #9
Elisa graduated from college with a double major and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. She was then offered a job in New York where she worked 12 hours a day and produced excellent results. Within two years she had over 100 employees working under her. Elisa’s hard work was rewarded with a raise and a bonus. This form of promotion is based on the principles of:
A.
A caste system
B.
A closed stratification system
C.
A democracy
D.
A meritocracy
Question #10
Mohit spent his days combing through garbage in Mumbai, India with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes he would find food, or something to sell for money. He never tried to overcome his lower-class status because he had seen his friends try and fail. So, he accepted his fate, and tried to live life as best he could in a closed society. Mohit is an example of someone living under:
A.
A caste system
B.
An oligarchy
C.
A dictatorship
D.
A meritocracy
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