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Socio 101 Ch10 Social Class Quiz Question 1) Elisa graduated from college with a double major and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society

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Socio 101

Ch10 Social Class Quiz

Question 1)

• 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 caste system

 

  

A closed stratification system

 

  

A meritocracy

 

  

A democracy

 

 

Question 2 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:

  

An oligarchy

 

  

A dictatorship

 

  

A caste system

 

  

A meritocracy

 

 

Question 3

• It was time for Oli to marry. He had finished school and was starting a job. His parents chose a bride for him whose parents had the same amount of wealth and belonged to the same class as they did. Oli and his bride will have a(n) _________ 

  

Exogamus

 

  

Traditional

 

  

Unconventional

 

  

Endogamous

 

 

Question 4

• Cate is the daughter of a Senator and the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Harry grew up on a farm, tilling the land for a living. They are planning a June wedding. They will have a(n)___________ marriage.

  

Traditional

 

  

Unconventional

 

  

Endogamus

 

  

Exogamous

 

 

Question 5 Which factor is considered when evaluating someone’s standard of living?

  

Employment

 

  

Class

 

  

Income

 

  

All answers work best

 

 

Question 6 With the recent Occupy Wall Street Movement, the people of the United States keep hearing about the top 1%. How much of the United State’s wealth rests in the hands of the wealthiest top 1% of people?

  

1/4

 

  

1/16

 

  

1/3

 

  

1/8

 

 

Question 7 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?

  

Intergenerational mobility

 

  

Downward mobility

 

  

Intragenerational mobility

 

  

Structural mobility

 

 

Question 8 What is particularly unique about the United States middle class?

  

It is the smallest class in the United States.

 

 

The upper class are as likely to become members of the lower class as members of the lower class are likely to become members of the upper class.

 

It is broken into two subcategories: upper and lower middle class.

 

The people who are middle class often have little to no education.

 

Question 9 What is the most significant threat to the relatively high standard of living people are accustomed to in the United States?

  

The stagnation of wages for workers

 

  

The decline of the middle class

 

  

The growth of the upper class

 

  

The feminization of poverty