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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1
Castes are hereditary ranks that are usually religiously dictated and tend to be fixed and immobile.
A)True
B)False
2
Caste membership is an achieved status.
A)True
B)False
3
The boundaries between social classes are precisely defined.
A)True
B)False
4
No theorist has stressed the significance of class for society, and for social change, more strongly than Max Weber.
A)True
B)False
5
Marx's analysis focused on the two classes that began to emerge as the estate system declined—the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
A)True
B)False
6
Weber used the terms class and status group to refer to a group of people who have a similar level of wealth and income.
A)True
B)False
7
Weber identified three distinct components of stratification.
A)True
B)False
8
Approximately one in five households in the United States has trouble meeting basic needs.
A)True
B)False
9
Relative poverty is a floating, rather than a stable, standard of deprivation.
A)True
B)False
10
Analyses of the poor indicate that they are a static social class.
A)True
B)False
11
Intergenerational mobility involves changes in social position within a person's adult life.
A)True
B)False
12
Research suggests that education plays a critical role in social mobility.
A)True
B)False







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