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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 misunderstand the class division in society
e. they are increasingly alienated
a. are referred to as a class-for-itself
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, which of the following is the truly revolutionary class?
a. workers
b. small manufacturers
c. peasants
d. artisans
e. the lower middle class
a. workers
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, factory workers are organized like what group?
a. ants
b. soldiers
c. criminals
d. machines
e. cattle
b. soldiers
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, as the proletariat struggles against the capitalist class by forming unions, what is the greatest benefit from this conflict?
a. increasing wages
b. the ever-expanding unification of the proletariat
c. the commodification of the bourgeoisie
d. the widespread rejection of organized religion
e. expanding access to private property
b. the ever-expanding unification of the proletariat
In the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians which of the following words did Marx use to describe the exploitation faced by workers in modern capitalism
a. shameless
b. blunt
c. nationalistic
d. indirect
e. covert
a. shameless
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, what is the main driving force behind all human history?
a. commodification
b. trade routes and weather patterns
c. species being
d. racial struggle
e. class conflict
e. class conflict
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, what did capitalists replace the feudalistic ties that emphasized a sense of natural superiority with?
a. alienated labor
b. objectification
c. self-interest and cash payment
d. the blasé attitude
e. organic solidarity
c. self-interest and cash payment
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, the victory of the proletariat
a. requires the assistance of the lumpenproletariat
b. will harken the return of primitive communism
c. is made more difficult due to the existence of a stable middle-class
d. is inconceivable
e. none of the above
d. is inconceivable
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, as the proletariat works to move beyond capitalism, what is the main concept they aim to destroy?
a. alienation
b. capitalist ideology
c. private property
d. wage inequality
e. forced labor
a. alienation
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, who are the wielders of the weapons that will ultimately destroy the capitalist class?
a. the bourgeoisie
b. the feudal lords
c. the working class
d. the lumpenproletariat
e. the highly educated professional class
c. the working class
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, what is the weapon used by the bourgeois to force all nations to adopt the capitalistic mode of production?
a. ideology
b. the money economy
c. inexpensive commodities
d. false consciousness
e. all of the above
a. ideology
Marx has been criticized for
a. ignoring the structural aspects of stratification
b. lacking a sense of praxis
c. focusing too much on economics
d. being conservative
e. promoting an unrealistic utopia
c. focusing too much on economics
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
b. involves the fusion of matter and ideas
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
a. production is primarily competitive
Alienated labor
a. involves the unification of mental and physical labor
b. eliminates individualistic thoughts
c. promotes the species being viewpoint
d. is disproprotionately done by the proletariat
e. is only found in capitalist societies
b. eliminates individualistic thoughts
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
a. it is driven by moral, rather than technical, decision making
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
e. the development of class consciousness among the working class
All of the following statements about Marx’s view of religion are false EXCEPT:
religion delegitimizes the statues quo and focuses people’s attention from social oppression
religion is liberating
religion cements a society’s collective consciousness
religion is the expression of real suffering and a protest of real suffering
religion reflects the economic interests of subordinate groups
religion is the expression of real suffering and a protest of real suffering
Marx believed that historical change is driven by:
class conflict
the protestant ethic
conspiracy
the bourgeoisie
structural strain
class conflict
What aspect of society does Karl Marx focus on?
the idea that all parts of a society contribute to its stability all the time
the roles that each aspect of society fulfills
the meanings that people attach to their behavior
the sharing of “goods” of a society between different groups
economic struggle between various groups
economic struggle between various groups
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?
we all carried clubs
individual needs were most important
people were sexually rampant
there were no classes
there was increased ownership of private property
there were no classes
According to the reading Bourgeois and Proletarians by Marx, what is the result of increasingly developed modern industry as related to gender equality at work?
a. men become increasingly valued relative to women
b. women and men become increasingly similar in terms of their exploitation
c. all workers become valued more regardless of their gender
d. the workplace distinctions between men and women are enhanced
e. women become increasingly powerful relative to men in absolute terms
c. all workers become valued more regardless of their gender
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