Question 1

The first place in the West where newspapers were prominent was

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A)  Holland 
B)  Britain 
C)  France 
D)  the United States 
E)  none of the above

Question 2

You and your friends are arguing about who the best baseball hitter is today. After going back and forth and getting nowhere, one of you says "do you want to make a bet?" The others agree to take the bet. They also agree that the criteria should be "runs batted in", "batting average" and "home runs" in that order. They agree that at the end of the baseball season the player with the highest statistics in these categories is the best baseball player. 
 a) Is this a case of third order abstraction?
 b) Which categories does it come closest to?
 c) If this is not a case of third order abstraction, please indicate why you think it is not.

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Question 3

The largest expansion of the public spheres of cities occurred in

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A)  13ᵗʰ century High Middle Ages 
B)  the fourteenth century Renaissance 
C)  the 16ᵗʰ century Reformation 
D)  the 17ᵗʰ century scientific revolution 
E)  18ᵗʰ century Enlightenment

Question 4

The following are example(s) of the capitalist system generating irrational results using third order abstraction

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A)  producing commodities people don't say they want and not producing commodities people say they want 
B)  investing in roads and sewer systems 
C)  paying workers a wage 
D)  competing with other capitalists 
E)  none of the above

Question 5

In the Middle Ages

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A)  signs were inseparable from causes 
B)  there were no coincidences. 
C)  every sign had meaning 
D)  there was an emphasis on formal or final causes, not efficient or material causes 
E)  knowledge was gained through demonstration
F) a, b, c, d
G) none of the above

Question 6

The most concrete of all forms of exchange is

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A)  coined money 
B)  paper money 
C)  checking accounts 
D)  bartering 
E)  credit cards

Question 7

In Medieval science what was lacking was induction in which evidence was connected with

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A)  authorities 
B)  testimony 
C)  definition 
D)  none of the above

Question 8

In Europe the first scientists

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A)  worked with artisans 
B)  worked with alchemists and magicians 
C)  a and b 
D)  neither a or b. Scientists worked independently of both

Question 9

The redesign of railroad passenger cars so that all the seats faced forward did what to the social psychology of passengers?

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A)  discouraged speaking to each other 
B)  encouraged reading silently 
C)  encouraged looking a vistas triggering memory 
D)  a, b and c 
E)  none of the above

Question 10

Give an example from your life (not out of the book or from class discussions) of the difference between finance capital and fictitious capital.

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Question 11

Explain why you think industrial capitalist societies have a monotheistic religion.
 If Marx is right that the dominant ideology is that of the ruling class, would it not make sense that there would be many gods competing with each other rather than one supreme god to reflect and justify how the capitalist system operates in the material world? Does the god of monotheism with a plan sound suspiciously like a state socialism? Please explain.

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Question 12

In the Middle Ages understanding that was considered "probable" was not considered a source of knowledge.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Third order abstraction can be less intelligent if it is used in a social situation that does not require it. An example of this is Albert Einstein being transported into a hunting and gathering society and being expected to hunt and gather.

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