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1
Castes are hereditary ranks that are usually religiously dictated and tend to be fixed and immobile.
A)True
B)False
2
Caste membership is an achieved status.
A)True
B)False
3
The boundaries between social classes are precisely defined.
A)True
B)False
4
No theorist has stressed the significance of class for society, and for social change, more strongly than Max Weber.
A)True
B)False
5
Marx's analysis focused on the two classes that began to emerge as the estate system declined—the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
A)True
B)False
6
Weber used the terms "class" and "status group" to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.
A)True
B)False
7
In Weber's view, each of us has three ranks in society.
A)True
B)False
8
In the view of both Karl Marx and Max Weber, society must distribute its members among a variety of social positions.
A)True
B)False
9
In the objective method of measuring social class, class is viewed largely as a statistical category.
A)True
B)False
10
Approximately one out of every nine people in the United States lives below the poverty line established by the federal government.
A)True
B)False
11
Relative poverty is a floating, rather than a stable, standard of deprivation.
A)True
B)False
12
Analyses of the poor indicate that they are a static social class.
A)True
B)False
13
Intergenerational mobility involves changes in social position within a person's adult life.
A)True
B)False
14
Research suggests that education plays a critical role in social mobility.
A)True
B)False
15
Sociologists have found that inequality exists in all societies.
A)True
B)False





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