Deck 24: Who Rules America: The Corporate Community and the Upper Class

Question 1

The author asserts that American upper class must exist as a(n) ______.

A) set of interrelated social institutions
B) aristocratic enclave
C) collection of comfortable families
D) isolated individual role

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Many young children of the upper class begin their education at ______.

A) private local day schools
B) quiet, rural boarding schools
C) elite day care centers
D) preschools associated with high-status churches

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Susan Ostrander found that the role of ______ is a central preoccupation of upper-class women.

A) mother
B) wife
C) chief executive
D) community volunteer

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Many upper-class students will never see the inside of a ______ school.

A) boarding
B) public
C) rural
D) private

Question 5

All of the following are typical occupations of upper-class males except ______.

A) corporate lawyer
B) corporate executive
C) executive chef
D) banker

Question 6

Which type of social club took the place of downtown men's clubs?

A) yacht clubs
B) country clubs
C) hunting clubs
D) garden clubs

Question 7

The social cohesion within the upper class is evidenced by ______.

A) the many sporting events at clubs
B) overlapping memberships in various cities
C) participants' enthusiastic participation in club life
D) the frequency of names listed in the Social Register.

Question 8

The social club is all of the following except a ______.

A) place of power
B) source of pride
C) tradition of exclusivity
D) sense of fraternity

Question 9

Which organization was created to provide internships, role models, and mutual support for women in the early 1900s?

A) The Country Club of Detroit
B) The Rotary Club
C) The Social Register
D) The Junior League

Question 10

What happened to debutante balls after they declined during the late 1960s and early 1970s?

A) They disappeared from the upper-class social scene.
B) They became a symbol of hope for independent women.
C) They had a resurgence in the mid-1970s.
D) They redesigned themselves to be more philanthropic.

Question 11

Name the four different types of empirical studies that establish the existence of an interrelated set of social institutions, organizations, and social activities.

Question 12

Briefly discuss the continuity of the upper class.

Question 13

Explain the paradoxical position of many women of the upper class.

Question 14

Describe how boarding schools fit the definition of Goffman's total institutions.

Question 15

Why did country clubs typically offer family dinners on Thursday nights?