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Multiple Choice

For each question, choose the single best answer.

1 .       Which statement regarding social class is least true



2 .       The term C. Wright Mills used for those individuals who make the big decisions in American society was: 



3 .       Which of the following is not one of the characteristics associated with occupations of high prestige?  



4 .       Sociologist Erik Wright modified Marx's model of social class to include small business owners. These small business owners are called ______________in Wright's model.  



5 .       Of all social classes in the United States class system, the one that is most educated is the _______________. 



6 .       Which statement is least true of the consequences of social class? 



7 .       In the "Thinking Critically" insert on mental illness, the conclusion reached by the author was: 



8 .       The United States is famous worldwide for its ________________ mobility. 



9 .       In the United States, poverty tends to cluster among states in the ____________________.  



10 .       Which of the following criteria is not identified as a cause of the feminization of poverty? 



11 .       Which statement is least true of poverty as it relates to children in America? 



12 .       According to a study of 5,000 U.S. families, once a family is placed on welfare, it can expect to remain there___________________. 



13 .       The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act established the maximum length of time someone could collect welfare as being _______________.  



14 .       The cause of poverty sociologists prefer to embrace addresses ____________________. 



15 .       The rags-to-riches tale popular in the late 1800's that claimed that limitless possibilities existed for everyone was part of the ___________________ myth.  



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