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The system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy is known as:
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| | A) | social structure.
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| | B) | social stratification.
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| | C) | social control.
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| | D) | enculturation.
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The theory that argues that what we see as "real" is the result of human interaction is known as:
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| | A) | essentialism theory.
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| | B) | social stratification theory.
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| | C) | social construction theory.
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| | D) | racial formation.
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___________ refers to the socially defined roles of males and females.
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| | A) | Sexuality
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| | B) | Gender system
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| | C) | Sex
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| | D) | Gender
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According to Patricia Hill Collins, oppression based on race, class, gender, and sexuality exists in an interlocking system which she calls:
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| | A) | racial formation.
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| | B) | an oppression system.
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| | C) | the matrix of domination.
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| | D) | social structure.
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According to Michael Omi and Howard Winant in Reading 1 ("Racial Formations"), giving racial meaning to a group that previously had been racially unclassified is called:
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| | A) | stigmatization.
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| | B) | racialization.
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| | C) | racial formation.
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| | D) | identity.
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According to Herbert Gans, ethnicity that is individualistic in nature and without real social cost for the individual is known as:
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| | A) | racial ethnicity.
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| | B) | identity ethnicity.
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| | C) | individual ethnicity.
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| | D) | symbolic ethnicity.
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According to Hussein Ibish in Reading 3 ("They Are Absolutely Obsessed with Us"), the process of _____________ helps to define group identity and allow for collective action.
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| | A) | naming
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| | B) | othering
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| | C) | discriminating
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| | D) | racial profiling
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8 | |
According to Karen Brodkin Sacks in Reading 4 ("How Jews Became White"), which institution(s) play(s) a key role in social mobility?
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| | A) | education
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| | B) | housing
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| | C) | employment
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| | D) | all of the above
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According to Oliver and Shapiro in Reading 5 ("Race, Wealth, and Equality"), the key attribute determining whether blacks will achieve economic success is:
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| | A) | occupation.
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| | B) | education.
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| | C) | housing.
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| | D) | discrimination.
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The Federal Housing Authority's practice of indicating racially-mixed or all-black neighborhoods as undesirable was known as:
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| | A) | segregation.
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| | B) | tracking.
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| | C) | redlining.
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| | D) | subsidizing.
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According to Gregory Mantsios in Reading 6 ("Media Magic: Making Class Invisible"), when the poor are represented by the media as having brought poverty upon themselves, the media are engaging in:
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| | A) | blaming the victim.
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| | B) | scapegoating.
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| | C) | reporting.
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| | D) | stratifying.
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According to Gregory Mantsios in Reading 6 ("Media Magic: Making Class Invisible"), poverty in the United States is the result of:
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| | A) | economic policies.
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| | B) | personal actions.
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| | C) | political policies.
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| | D) | both a and c.
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According to Gregory Mantsios in Reading 6 ("Media Magic: Making Class Invisible"), the class that receives a disproportionate amount of government resources in the United States is the: |
| | A) | working class. |
| | B) | middle class. |
| | C) | wealthy class. |
| | D) | poor. |
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According to Reading 7 ("The Growing Wealth Gap"), the top 1 percent of households owns _______ percent of the nation's wealth.
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| | A) | 10
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| | B) | 15
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| | C) | 30
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| | D) | 40
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According to Reading 7 ("The Growing Wealth Gap"), adjusting for inflation, the hourly wages for an average worker have _____________ since the early 1970s.
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| | A) | increased
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| | B) | decreased
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| | C) | remained the same
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| | D) | doubled
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According to Reading 7 ("The Growing Wealth Gap"), which of the following is NOT a factor in the lower rate of home ownership among black and Latino families?
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| | A) | employment discrimination
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| | B) | lack of access to insurance
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| | C) | personal initiative
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| | D) | housing discrimination
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According to Barlett and Steele in Reading 8 ("Corporate Welfare"), the U.S. federal government spends ________ dollars each year on corporate welfare. |
| | A) | 125 billion |
| | B) | 50 billion |
| | C) | 800 million |
| | D) | 100 million |
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According to Judith Lorber in Reading 9 ("The Social Construction of Gender"), the process that creates the social differences that define what is a "woman" and what is a "man" is known as:
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| | A) | sexuality.
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| | B) | sex identity.
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| | C) | gender.
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| | D) | adulthood.
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According to Judith Lorber in Reading 9 ("The Social Construction of Gender"), the devaluation of women and the social domination of men is known as:
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| | A) | stratification.
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| | B) | gender inequality.
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| | C) | social control.
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| | D) | androcentrism.
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As discussed by Anne Fausto-Sterling in Reading 10 ("The Five Sexes"), psychologist John Money estimates that intersexuals may constitute as many as _____ percent of births.
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| | A) | 0.5
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| | B) | 10
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| | C) | 1
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| | D) | 4
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According to Holly Boswell in Reading 11 ("The Transgender Paradigm Shift toward Free Expression"), the transgressing of gender norms is known as:
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| | A) | transvestitism.
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| | B) | cross-dressing.
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| | C) | transgender.
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| | D) | transsexual.
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According to Holly Boswell in Reading 11 ("The Transgender Paradigm Shift toward Free Expression"), anthropologists have identified which of the following as evidence of the existence of transgendered individuals in other cultures?
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| | A) | the berdache
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| | B) | hijiras
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| | C) | xanith
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| | D) | all of the above
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According to Michael Kimmel in Reading 12 ("Masculinity as Homophobia"), during the late 18th and 19th centuries, the form of manhood that derived from landownership was known as:
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| | A) | marketplace manhood.
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| | B) | the genteel patriarch.
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| | C) | the heroic artisan.
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| | D) | the craftsman.
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According to Michael Kimmel in Reading 12 ("Masculinity as Homophobia"), "marketplace masculinity" possesses which of the following characteristics?
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| | A) | aggression
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| | B) | competition
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| | C) | anxiety
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| | D) | all of the above
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According to Michael Kimmel in Reading 12 ("Masculinity as Homophobia"), the process of men seeking approval of their masculinity from other men is known as:
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| | A) | homosocial enactment.
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| | B) | oedipal project.
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| | C) | homosexuality.
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| | D) | homophobia.
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According to Jonathan Katz in Reading 13 ("The Invention of Heterosexuality"), modern notions of heterosexuality and homosexuality are largely due to:
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| | A) | the growth of spiritual purity.
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| | B) | the growth of a consumer economy.
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| | C) | changes in biology.
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| | D) | decreases in mortality.
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According to Jonathan Katz in Reading 13 ("The Invention of Heterosexuality"), following World War II, the reassociation of women with the home, motherhood, and childcare, and men with fatherhood and wage work, was known as: |
| | A) | the consumer economy. |
| | B) | the nuclear family. |
| | C) | the cult of domesticity. |
| | D) | heterosexuality. |
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According to Susan Bordo in Reading 14 ("Pills and Power Tools"), men's sexuality is primarily about: |
| | A) | feeling. |
| | B) | pleasure. |
| | C) | performance. |
| | D) | biology. |
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According to Kate Bornstein in Reading 16 ("Naming All the Parts"), the European term for a Native-American transgendered person is:
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| | A) | hijira.
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| | B) | xanith.
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| | C) | berdache.
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| | D) | none of the above.
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According to Kate Bornstein in Reading 16 ("Naming All the Parts"), our perceptions of the gender of others is known as:
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| | A) | sex identification.
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| | B) | gender attribution.
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| | C) | gender identification.
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| | D) | gender roles.
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The poverty line (the annual income level below which a person is defined as poor) is an accurate representation of poverty in the United States.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to Michael Omi and Howard Winant in Reading 1 ("Racial Formations"), the concept of race cannot be biologically defined.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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In Reading 2 ("Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?"), Mary Waters states that members of an ethnic group share a common ancestry.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to Karen Brodkin Sacks in Reading 4 ("How Jews Became White"), the federal government assisted African Americans in achieving equality following World War II.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to a 1991 study by the Federal Reserve, biases in lending to African Americans occurred regardless of where they lived or what they earned.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to Gregory Mantsios in Reading 6 ("Media Magic: Making Class Invisible"), there is a limited amount of wealth in the United States.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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37 | |
According to Barlett and Steele in Reading 8 ("Corporate Welfare"), corporate welfare results in more jobs in the United States.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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38 | |
According to Anne Fausto-Sterling in Reading 10 ("The Five Sexes"), intersexuality is a recent biological phenomenon.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to Jonathan Katz in Reading 13 ("The Invention of Heterosexuality"), the construction of heterosexuality is closely related to constructions of masculinity and femininity.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to Paula Rust in Reading 15 ("Sexual Identity and Bisexual Identities"), bisexual women are engaged in a constant struggle to establish a satisfactory sexual identity.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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According to Paula Rust in Reading 15 ("Sexual Identity and Bisexual Identities"), it is important for bisexuals to develop a clear definition of bisexuality.
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| | A) | True
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| | B) | False
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