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Question
1. What did Marx mean when he referred to religion as the "opium of the people"?
a. The satisfaction derived from religion is very intense, something like a narcotic.
b. The effect of religion is due to the religious feeling itself, not the church or organization.
c. Religion soothes the disadvantaged like a narcotic, blinding them to social inequalities.
d. Once committed to religion, one cannot escape its soothing clutches.
2. The text discusses an experiment in which a sample of school children were labelled as "academic bloomers" in order to see what effects the label might have on IQ. According to the study authors, Rosenhan and Jacobson, what did they in fact observe?
a. no effects worth noting
b. a secondary labelling process
c. an actual decrease in IQ scores
d. a self-fulfilling prophecy
4. The story presented in the text about the band Pink Floyd describes how music from their album The Wall became an anthem for a student strike.
True
False
5. Between 2008 and 2011, what was the trend in Canada with respect to religious affiliation?
a. decreased
b. remained the same
c. increased
d. varied dramatically from year to year
6. What is the most important source of information on crimes reported in Canada?
a. Statistics Canada Census Bureau Annual Report
b. Canadian Uniform Crime Reporting System
c. Law Enforcement Administration System
d. Canadian Criminological Society
8. After Arthur broke into his neighbour's house and stole jewellery, cash, and small electronics, his community gathered together a number of community leaders and Arthur and his neighbour and attempted to resolve the dispute together. What were they involved in?
a. a community justice circle
b. the Youth Criminal Justice Act
c. deterrence measures
d. social protection
9. When we compare causes of death for younger groups (people under the age of 45) and older groups (people 45 or older) what do we observe?
a. Accidents are among the top causes of death among those under the age of 45.
b. Suicide is among the top cause of death among those 45 years or older.
c. Heart disease is more common among those under the age of 45.
d. Degenerative disease is less common in the older group than in the younger group.