Question 1

Both Marx and the Lenskis saw the struggle between classes as the engine for change.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Karl Marx considered capitalism to be _____, but Max Weber argued that capitalism was very _____.

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A)   irrational; rational
B)   rational; irrational
C)   unproductive; productive
D)   productive; unproductive

Question 3

Industrial technology has raised living standards in a number of societies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

For Max Weber, an "ideal type" meant something that is the very best of its kind.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Today, __________ would likely be concerned about the emergence of a new symbolic elite.

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A)   Marx
B)   Weber
C)   Durkheim
D)   the Lenskis

Question 6

Who, of the following, would be most likely to argue that the power of ideas shapes society?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Lenskis
B)   Marx
C)   Weber
D)   Durkheim

Question 7

The first type of society to generate a material surplus was

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

Question 8

According to Karl Marx, the foundation of society is the family.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Many people have marvelled at the Great Wall in China and the Great Pyramids in Egypt. These monuments stand as evidence of the productive power of which type of society?

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

Question 10

In terms of social inequality, agrarian societies generally

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A)   have much more inequality than less productive societal types.
B)   have about the same amount of social inequality as less productive societal types.
C)   have less social inequality than less productive societal types.
D)   come very close to being egalitarian societies.

Question 11

Forces of nature have the greatest effect on societies with the simplest technology.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Weber could see the advantages of industrial capitalism,

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A)   and he was optimistic about the future.
B)   but he thought it would never actually develop.
C)   but he thought workers would soon overthrow the system.
D)   but he was pessimistic about the future.

Question 13

Agrarian societies typically have dramatic social inequality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Briefly explain Durkheim's belief that studying individuals alone can never capture the essence of society.

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Question 15

About one hundred years has passed since Marx, Weber, and Durkheim were writing about modern society. Point to at least one change in Canadian 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?

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Question 16

Karl Marx and Max Weber agreed that modern society generates alienation, although for different reasons.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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

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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)   reveals problems we didn't know we already had.

Question 18

Agrarian technology developed based on the use of

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A)   the plow.
B)   the internal-combustion engine.
C)   slave labour.
D)   irrigation.

Question 19

Max Weber used the concept "rationalization of society" to point to historical change from tradition to rationality as the dominant mode of human thought.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Explain why Karl Marx believed capitalist society was irrational, while Max Weber believed it was very rational.

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