In 2002 the official poverty level for a family of four was approximately
a. 10,000 per year
b. 14,000 per year
c. 16,000 per year
d. 18,000 per year
Ques. 2C. Wright Mills, an important American sociologist cited by Aulette, taught that the focus of sociology should be
a. individual lives.
b. the lives of societies.
c. the relationship between biography and history.
d. the relationship between demographics and societies.
Ques. 3Industrialization resulted in a separation of work and family, segregating men in the public sphere and women in the domestic sphere. This familial ideology was problematic for
a. no one because such separation is functional.
b. upper-class and middle-class white women because they often felt isolated and stifled in their domestic spheres.
c. African American and working-class white women because it was held up as an ideal but was often impossible for them to attain.
d. Both B and C above.
Ques. 4The percentage of Americans in poverty __________ in the late 1990's and __________ since 2000.
a. declined ... has continued to decline
b. increased ... has continued to increase
c. declined ... has increased
d. increased ... has declined
Ques. 5When boundaries are structured in a ____________ way, the strategy of the system is to promote the expression of autonomy.
a. disengaged
b. permeable
c. flexible
d. enmeshed
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