Question 1

If you were to hear a sociologist speaking of class conflict as the "engine of history," which of the following would it most likely be?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gerhard Lenski 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Emile Durkheim 
A)  Gerhard Lenski 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Emile Durkheim

Question 2

Assume you are studying a society that has just invented cities, has increasing specialization, and has just started using money to buy and sell goods and services. It is likely that the society is at which stage of sociocultural evolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  hunting and gathering 
B)  horticultural and pastoral 
C)  agrarian 
D)  industrial 
A)  hunting and gathering 
B)  horticultural and pastoral 
C)  agrarian 
D)  industrial

Question 3

Explain how Marx and Weber held somewhat different ideas about the cause of alienation in modern society.

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx and Max Weber both had theorie

Question 4

Karl Marx claimed that societies were defined by patterns of social conflict.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Of the following sociologists, which one might you most expect to be having a conversation about the question of what holds society together?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gerhard Lenski 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Emile Durkheim 
A)  Gerhard Lenski 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Emile Durkheim

Question 6

In the socialist society Marx hoped to see, which of the following would be True?

Accepted Answer

A)  Capitalists would pay fair wages to workers. 
B)  Class conflict would no longer exist. 
C)  All people would do the same work. 
D)  Factory technology would be abolished. 
A)  Capitalists would pay fair wages to workers. 
B)  Class conflict would no longer exist. 
C)  All people would do the same work. 
D)  Factory technology would be abolished.

Question 7

Agrarian technology developed based on the use of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the plow. 
B)  animal power. 
C)  the development of metals. 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  the plow. 
B)  animal power. 
C)  the development of metals. 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 8

Hunting and gathering societies generate a productive surplus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The driving force of social change, according to Marx, is:

Accepted Answer

A)  advancing technology. 
B)  social conflict between classes. 
C)  dominant ideas. 
D)  the way in which society is held together. 
A)  advancing technology. 
B)  social conflict between classes. 
C)  dominant ideas. 
D)  the way in which society is held together.

Question 10

Films about advancing technology, including "Frankenstein," make the point that advancing technology:

Accepted Answer

A)  not only solves some problems but creates new ones. 
B)  is the solution to all human problems. 
C)  will never do anything good for humanity. 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  not only solves some problems but creates new ones. 
B)  is the solution to all human problems. 
C)  will never do anything good for humanity. 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 11

Which of the following concepts refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  culture 
B)  society 
C)  nation 
D)  state 
A)  culture 
B)  society 
C)  nation 
D)  state

Question 12

Which of the following would likely be a question Emile Durkheim would ask about computer technology and the Information Revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Will computer technology work to unite people or isolate individuals? 
B)  How might computer technology further increase specialization? 
C)  Might access to unlimited information on the Internet increase the danger of anomie? 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  Will computer technology work to unite people or isolate individuals? 
B)  How might computer technology further increase specialization? 
C)  Might access to unlimited information on the Internet increase the danger of anomie? 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 13

Gerhard Lenski dismissed technology as of little importance in shaping cultural patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Marx described the widespread beliefs that supported the capitalist economic system as:

Accepted Answer

A)  False consciousness. 
B)  class consciousness. 
C)  cultural awareness. 
D)  revolutionary politics. 
A)  False consciousness. 
B)  class consciousness. 
C)  cultural awareness. 
D)  revolutionary politics.

Question 15

Why do some analysts describe Max Weber's approach to explaining the rise of modern society as a "debate with the ghost of Karl Marx"?

Accepted Answer

Some analysts describe Max Weber's appro

Question 16

Max Weber's analysis of the rise of capitalism provides strong evidence of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the results of class conflict. 
B)  the effects of increasing specialization. 
C)  the importance of advancing technology. 
D)  the power of ideas to change society. 
A)  the results of class conflict. 
B)  the effects of increasing specialization. 
C)  the importance of advancing technology. 
D)  the power of ideas to change society.

Question 17

Marx believed that proletarians could never overcome their False consciousness.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

About one hundred years has passed since Marx, Weber, and Durkheim were writing about modern society. Point to at least one change in U.S. society over that period of time that appears to confirm the correctness of each theorist's analysis. Can you point to a change that, in each case, seems at odds with his theory?

Accepted Answer

Marx's analysis of modern society focuse

Question 19

Marx described alienation as involving which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  alienation from the act of working 
B)  alienation from the products of work 
C)  alienation from other workers 
D)  All of the above are correct. 
A)  alienation from the act of working 
B)  alienation from the products of work 
C)  alienation from other workers 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 20

As the suffering of workers became worse, Marx predicted that they would:

Accepted Answer

A)  eventually starve to death. 
B)  rise up against the capitalist system. 
C)  go into business for themselves. 
D)  demand that women as well as men join the labor force. 
A)  eventually starve to death. 
B)  rise up against the capitalist system. 
C)  go into business for themselves. 
D)  demand that women as well as men join the labor force.

Exam 4: Society

If you were to hear a sociologist speaking of class conflict as the "engine of history," which of the following would it most likely be?

Assume you are studying a society that has just invented cities, has increasing specialization, and has just started using money to buy and sell goods and services. It is likely that the society is at which stage of sociocultural evolution?

Explain how Marx and Weber held somewhat different ideas about the cause of alienation in modern society.

Karl Marx claimed that societies were defined by patterns of social conflict.

Of the following sociologists, which one might you most expect to be having a conversation about the question of what holds society together?

In the socialist society Marx hoped to see, which of the following would be True?

Agrarian technology developed based on the use of:

Hunting and gathering societies generate a productive surplus.

The driving force of social change, according to Marx, is:

Films about advancing technology, including "Frankenstein," make the point that advancing technology:

Which of the following concepts refers to people who interact in a defined territory and share culture?

Which of the following would likely be a question Emile Durkheim would ask about computer technology and the Information Revolution?

Gerhard Lenski dismissed technology as of little importance in shaping cultural patterns.

Marx described the widespread beliefs that supported the capitalist economic system as:

Why do some analysts describe Max Weber's approach to explaining the rise of modern society as a "debate with the ghost of Karl Marx"?

Max Weber's analysis of the rise of capitalism provides strong evidence of:

Marx believed that proletarians could never overcome their False consciousness.

Marx described alienation as involving which of the following?

As the suffering of workers became worse, Marx predicted that they would:

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