What did Marx hope would happen when people achieved class consciousness?
a. They would work hard to improve their status.
b. They would accept their position.
c. They would bond with others to combat the class system.
d. They would quit their jobs.
Question 2According to the definitions given in the text, which of the following workers would be considered to have developed class consciousness?
a. The maid thinks she is in the same class as the professor.
b. The GM autoworker thinks he is of a higher class than the janitor.
c. The man who owns the service station believes he is of the same class as the nurse.
d. The professor recognizes that like her auto mechanic, she too does not own the means of production.
Question 3What did Marx call the class must sell its labor to those who own the means of production?
a. the working class
b. the underclass
c. labor
d. the proletariat
Question 4Marx's term for the an awareness of one's real position in the class structure is:
a. partial consciousness.
b. class consciousness.
c. false consciousness.
d. incomplete consciousness.
Question 5In Marx's framework, those who own the tools and materials necessary for their work are the:
a. bourgeoisie.
b. middle class.
c. proletariat.
d. government leaders.
Question 6According to Marx, one's relationship to the means of production is known as:
a. class.
b. status.
c. social mobility
d. employment.
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