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Georgia State University SOCI 3201 1)When people recognize the structural sources of their oppression, they a

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SOCI 3201

1)When people recognize the structural sources of their oppression, they

a. are referred to as a class-for-itself

b.            are referred to as a class-in-itself

c.             are in false consciousness

d.            clearly misunderstands the class division in society

e.            they are increasingly alienated

 

2)            In his stages of human history Marx suggests that there was a significant difference between the first stage and all the others. What was different about this first stage?

a.            we all carried clubs

b.            individual needs were most important

c.             people were sexually rampant d. there were no classes

e. there was increased ownership of private property

 

3)            What aspect of society does Karl Marx focus on?

a.            the idea that all parts of a society contribute to its stability all the time

b.            the roles that each aspect of society fulfills

c.             the meanings that people attach to their behavior

d.            the sharing of “goods” of a society between different groups e. economic struggle between various groups

 

4)            Marx believed that historical change is driven by:

a.            class conflict

b.            the protestant ethic

c.             conspiracy

d.            the bourgeoisie

e.            structural strain

 

5)            All of the following statements about Marx’s view of religion are false EXCEPT:

a.            religion delegitimizes the status quo and focuses people’s attention from social oppression

b.            religion is liberating

c.             religion cements a society’s collective consciousness

d.            religion is the expression of real suffering and a protest of real suffering

e.            religion reflects the economic interests of subordinate groups

 

6)            According to Marx, which of the following is linked to the development of revolutionary potential of the working class?

a.            the heterogeneity of the working class

b.            the appearance of classes which complicate the dichotomous class structure (i.e. the petty bourgeoisie)

c.             the presence of false consciousness

d.            the elimination of economic disparities between capitalists and wage earners e. the development of class consciousness among the working class

 

 

7)            Communism, according to Marx, involves which of the following characteristics? a. it is driven by moral, rather than technical, decision making

b.            the proliferation of private property

c.             it promotes antagonism between man and nature

d.            it separates economics and morals

e.            it would represent the end of human history

 

8)            Alienated labor

a. involves the unification of mental and physical labor b. eliminates individualistic thoughts

c.             promotes the species being viewpoint

d.            is disproportionately done by the proletariat

e.            is only found in capitalist societies

 

9)            According to Marx, in capitalist societies

a.            production is primarily competitive

b.            people are taught to limit their wants

c.             there is equality in terms of economic resources

d.            people are seen by each other mainly in terms of intrinsically valuable relationships

e.            people are normally very active in the political process

 

10)          Praxis

a.            is life activity which makes one feel more fully human

b.            involves the fusion of matter and ideas

c.             is the opposite as alienated labor

d.            is a "labor of love" e. all of the above