Deck 11: Money Is the Root of All Evil

Question 1

According to the essay on money, negative life events ______.

A) strike all classes equally
B) occur more frequently to those in high-risk professions
C) occur more frequently to those of lower social class
D) tend to build character

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Socioeconomic status is ______.

A) inversely related to life expectancy
B) negatively related to life expectancy
C) positively related to life expectancy
D) unrelated to life expectancy

Answer 2

C

Question 3

______ most industrial nations of the world, the United States considers health care a ______.

A) Like; right
B) Unlike; right
C) Like; privilege
D) Unlike; privilege

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop once famously remarked that the health issues he fought could all be traced back to ______.

A) lack of exercise
B) fast food
C) poverty
D) Ignorance

Question 5

Currently, which nation can boast having the longest life expectancy?

A) the United States
B) Italy
C) Japan
D) South Sudan

Question 6

According to Cope's research on those taking a scientific approach to finding love ______.

A) money proves an important asset to finding a perfect match
B) money is actually a detriment to finding a mate
C) money is less important than personality traits
D) None of these choices are correct, Cope finds no connection between money and love.

Question 7

Life chances refer to ______.

A) the odds of living a good life
B) the probability of dying before one's time
C) life being such a gamble
D) the random nature of life events

Question 8

Life expectancy ______.

A) is unrelated to socioeconomic status
B) is unrelated to race
C) is genetically determined
D) is clearly linked to poverty

Question 9

The sinking of the Titanic clearly showed us that ______.

A) one's position in the social structure can be a matter of life or death
B) women and children are always the first to be saved
C) social standing is irrelevant in emergencies
D) the laws of the high seas are not affected by stratification

Question 10

The essay "Money Is the Root of All Evil" argues that ______.

A) poverty is a relatively harmless economic condition
B) negative life events are more prevalent for those in the lower classes
C) the United States has been relatively successful at combating poverty
D) the disadvantages of money far outweigh the advantages

Question 11

A functional analysis of poverty argues that ______.

A) there are many social benefits to poverty
B) the "costs" of poverty clearly outweigh the benefits
C) the poor are an unnecessary burden on the wealthy
D) societies are well advised to conduct rigorous campaigns to eliminate poverty

Question 12

Negative life events ______.

A) tend to increase as socioeconomic status decreases
B) tend to occur at a similar rate across all social classes
C) are largely unrelated to poverty
D) tend to increase as socioeconomic status increases

Question 13

Which of the following is identified in Essay 10 as a positive function of maintaining an impoverished class?

A) the poor create a market for damaged goods
B) the poor generate many middle-class jobs
C) the poor constitute a labor pool for undesirable jobs
D) All of these choices are correct.