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Questions

1. From the reading, Sand Castles and Snake Pits, the problem of homelessness is best described as a product of ______.

a. a modern disease b. poor professional monitoring

c. mental illness d. failed social policy

2. From the reading, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Weber examines how changes in the institution of religion influenced ______.

a. individual health b. the economy c. politics d. warfare

3. From the reading, A Slow, Toxic Decline: Dialysis Patients, Technological Failure, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Health in America, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, ______ patients were framed as a metaphor for health vulnerabilities.

a. Alzheimer's b. mental illness c. cancer d. dialysis

4. From the reading, Promises I Can Keep: Why Poor Women Put Motherhood Before Marriage, which statement is true of many of the unmarried parents interviewed in the study?

a. They wanted a large family.
b. They viewed marriage as a source of economic stability.
c. They had a negative reaction to the idea of marriage.
d. They planned to eventually get married.

5. In the reading, Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, which class of parents conforms to "concerted cultivation?"

a. working-class b. poor c. middle-class d. elite

6. From the reading, Racialization and Muslims, Muslim women have been treated as a ______ threat, whereas Muslim men have been treated as a ______ threat.

a. national; cultural b. cultural; national
c. ethnic; racial d. racial; ethnic

7. Which statement best summarizes how Durkheim, Weber, and Marx came to see sociology and religion?

a. The Protestant Reformation was critical for the birth of modern, Western society.
b. Sociology and religion are inherently opposed to one another.
c. Only by studying facts about religion can one truly understand the sociological imagination.
d. The basis of all religions is a rejection of societal values and norms.

8. From the reading, Racism and Health: Pathways and Scientific Evidence, the authors explain that in order to measure the impact of experiences of discrimination on health, researchers need to focus attention on ______, among other issues.

a. the interplay of socioeconomic status b. Arab American populations
c. the threat of exposure to discrimination d. cardiovascular outcomes

9. From the reading, A Slow, Toxic Decline: Dialysis Patients, Technological Failure, and the Unfulfilled Promise of Health in America, A stretch of states across the American Southeast associated with high rates of stroke, an array of hypertension-related disorders, is known as the ______.

a. stroke belt b. diabetes burden c. bible corridor d. driftless area

10. From the reading, Religion and Society: Of Gods and Demons, Max Weber, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx were all ______.

a. theologians b. nonreligious c. clergymen d. Christians

11. From the reading, Sand Castles and Snake Pits, the problem of homelessness is best described as a product of ______.

a. a modern disease b. poor professional monitoring
c. mental illness d. failed social policy

12. From the reading, Racialization and Muslims, the authors explain that the term "purity of ______" was used to differentiate between "true" Christians and Jews, Muslims, and Christian converts.

a. ancestry b. mind c. blood d. soul

13. From the reading, Sandcastles and Snake Pits, according to the author, the primary cause of social problems such as mental health and homelessness is ______.

a. a system that does not work well.
b. the influence of corporate America on the legislative process.
c. too much government intervention.
d. government attempts at reform.

14. From the reading, The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage, the weakening of the social norms that define people's behavior in a social institution is known as ______.

a. remarriage b. reinstitutionalization c. marriage d. deinstitutionalization

15. From the reading, Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, the pattern of concerted cultivation encourages an emerging sense of ______, while the pattern of accomplishment of natural growth encourages an emerging sense of ______.

a. reciprocity; resourcefulness
b. resourcefulness; reciprocity
c. entitlement; constraint
d. constraint; entitlement

16. Explain how parenting may vary between social classes? How does it differ?

17. Describe three challenges that the homeless population endure?

18. Describe what happened to the Community Mental Health Centers Act.

19. Explain how marriage has become deinstitutionalized.

20. Explain how socio-economic status impacts an individual's health outcomes?