Soc 001 - Introduction to Sociology » Fall 2022 » Quiz 10

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Question #1
Sects are
A.   offshoots that have broken off from established churches.
B.   followers of charismatic leaders.
C.   fundamentalist organizations.
D.   devoted to a specific cause.
Question #2
Religiosity is measured by sociologists using all of the following except
A.   by asking about people’s religious beliefs.
B.   asking how often people attend religious services.
C.   secondary analysis of the U.S. census about current religious practices.
D.   surveying people about their membership in religious organizations.
Question #3
Durkheim’s emphasis on rituals and shared meanings fits with which type of sociological theory?
A.   Symbolic interactionism and conflict theory
B.   Functionalism and symbolic interactionism
C.   Exchange theory and functionalism
D.   Conflict theory and functionalism
Question #4
Which statement about religion is accurate?
A.   Religion is a feature of individuals.
B.   Religions are based on beliefs that are considered profane.
C.   Religion is noninstitutionalized.
D.   Religion establishes norms for behavior.
Question #5
Which of these statements does not describe one of the functions of religion?
A.   Religion establishes moral proscriptions for behavior.
B.   Religion serves to preserve diversity and secularism.
C.   Religion establishes norms for behavior.
D.   Religion provides answers to questions of ultimate meaning.
Question #6
Church membership and attendance in the United States
A.   is higher for women than for men and higher for older people than younger people.
B.   is higher for men than for women and higher for older people than younger people.
C.   is higher for younger people than for older people and higher for women than for men.
D.   is fairly uniformly spread throughout the population.
Question #7
Which of the following major world religions is polytheistic?
A.   Protestantism
B.   Catholicism
C.   Hinduism
D.   Buddhism
Question #8
Emile Durkheim argued that religion is
A.   functional for society because it reaffirms social bonds.
B.   in direct opposition to the other institutions that exist in society.
C.   a tool for class oppression.
D.   a distinct threat to social cohesion.
Question #9
Weber’s analysis of the Protestant ethic demonstrates
A.   the weaknesses of Emile Durkheim’s views on the functions of religion.
B.   that religion does serve as a type of drug for people who are disadvantaged in life.
C.   that religious beliefs are able to shape secular dimensions of national culture.
D.   the matriarchal nature of Protestantism.
Question #10
To _____, religion promotes stratification since it generally supports a hierarchy of people on earth and the subordination of humankind to an imagined divine authority.
A.   Karl Marx
B.   Max Weber
C.   Emile Durkheim
D.   Auguste Comte
Question #11
Karl Marx believed that religion encourages passivity and acceptance of one’s circumstances.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #12
Religious identification tends to be correlated with one’s social class.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #13
Cults generally exist outside of the mainstream of society.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #14
There has been an increasing influence of religion on politics in the United States recently.
A.   True
B.   False

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