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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1
Sociology is an awareness of the relationship between an individual and the wider society.
A)True
B)False
2
Social science is the study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change.
A)True
B)False
3
Émile Durkheim developed a highly original theory about the relationship between homicide and social factors.
A)True
B)False
4
Scholars were able to learn of Auguste Comte's works largely through translations by the English sociologist Ida Wells-Barnett.
A)True
B)False
5
Sociology owes credit to Max Weber for a key conceptual tool called anomie.
A)True
B)False
6
In Karl Marx's analysis, social inequality is determined by men and women who clash in pursuit of their own interests.
A)True
B)False
7
Microsociology concentrates on large-scale phenomena or entire civilizations.
A)True
B)False
8
Erving Goffman popularized a particular type of interactionist method known as power theory.
A)True
B)False
9
Ida Wells-Barnett explored what it meant to be female and Black living in the United States.
A)True
B)False
10
The functionalist perspective emphasizes the way in which parts of a society are structured to maintain its stability.
A)True
B)False
11
Conflict theorists are interested in how society's institutions may help to maintain the privileges of some groups and keep others in a subservient position.
A)True
B)False
12
W. E. B. Du Bois made a major contribution to society through in-depth studies of urban life.
A)True
B)False
13
The career path with the specific intent of altering social relationships or restructuring social institutions is known as applied sociology.
A)True
B)False







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