Multiple choice questions

1. According to Marx, class struggle is the:
   1.   ?    Point of existence
   2.   ?    End of History
   3.   ?    Motor of History
   4.   ?    Result of the education system
2. According to Karl Marx, the two main social classes of capitalism are the bourgeoisie and:
   1.   ?    Proletariat
   2.   ?    Lumpenproletariat
   3.   ?    Middle Class
   4.   ?    All of the above
3. False Consciousness is when:
   1.   ?    Gender is seen as more important than class
   2.   ?    Abnormal social roles are taken on by people
   3.   ?    People are asleep
   4.   ?    Workers see themselves as potentially equal with employers
4. Max Weber describes social classes in terms of class, status and:
   1.   ?    Rank
   2.   ?    Bureaucracy
   3.   ?    Party
   4.   ?    Rationality
5. In ‘lands of white settlement’, class tends to receive less attention than:
   1.   ?    The media
   2.   ?    Sport
   3.   ?    Sexuality
   4.   ?    Ethnicity and Gender
6. Hybrid theories of class substitute exploitation with.
   1.   ?    Leisure
   2.   ?    Expropriation
   3.   ?    Life Chances
   4.   ?    Identity Roles
7. Antonio Negri substitutes notions of the working class with that of the:
   1.   ?    Multitude
   2.   ?    Mass
   3.   ?    Herd
   4.   ?    Underclass
8. Iraq is often seen as a country where class interests are subsumed by:
   1.   ?    Religion and Secularism
   2.   ?    Global Politics
   3.   ?    Religion and Nationalism
   4.   ?    None of the above
9. Marxists believe that the fundamental relationship between ruling class and subject class is one of:
   1.   ?    Exploitation
   2.   ?    Egalitarianism
   3.   ?    Expropriation
   4.   ?    Communism
10. In Marx’s theory, class position is determined by what?
    1.   ?    Status
    2.   ?    Supply and demand
    3.   ?    Communities
    4.   ?    Production relations
11. Commodity fetishism:
    1.   ?    Is legal
    2.   ?    Determines life chances
    3.   ?    Obscures exploitation
    4.   ?    Delimits innovation
12. In a market society individuals:
    1.   ?    Engage in innovation
    2.   ?    Exchange commodities
    3.   ?    Enhance authority
    4.   ?    Employ status
13. Social mobility is an important aspect of:
    1.   ?    The Multitude
    2.   ?    Class struggle
    3.   ?    Neo-Weberian theory
    4.   ?    Marxist theory
14. Marx’s prediction of socialist revolution was:
    1.   ?    Factual
    2.   ?    Falsified
    3.   ?    Forecast
    4.   ?    Forgotten
15. Social movements aim to:
    1.   ?    Eliminate social mobility
    2.   ?    End racism
    3.   ?    Enter politics
    4.   ?    Equalise distribution or exchange
16. Who wrote Empire?:
    1.   ?    Marx and Engels
    2.   ?    Anthony Giddens
    3.   ?    David Bedggood
    4.   ?    Hardt and Negri
17. The role of bourgeois intellectuals is to:
    1.   ?    Challenge social injustice
    2.   ?    Foster innovation
    3.   ?    Reproduce ideology
    4.   ?    Advance mobility
18. Anthony Giddens claims that:
    1.   ?    Zero-sum shares are a thing of the past
    2.   ?    Technology underpins the division of labour
    3.   ?    Academics make excellent politicians
    4.   ?    None of the above.
19. Weber argued that capitalism was:
    1.   ?    An irrational society
    2.   ?    A rational society
    3.   ?    The product of class struggle
    4.   ?    A socialist society