Multiple Choice
According to Merton's strain theory, a youth who responds to difficulties in school by ______ has engaged in conformity.
A) continuing to attend classes and cheat on exams
B) continuing to attend classes, even without the hope of success
C) dropping out and taking refuge in a life of drugs, alcohol and transience
D) studying harder in an effort to succeed
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