SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz
Complete
the quiz in a Word document. This is an
open book quiz. The answer to each
question must be 100-125 words.
Topic 4
1. How do property, power, and prestige affect your personal social
class? According to Marx’s conflict perspective
in what social class do you belong and why?
2. From your perspective, what are the current shifts in global
stratification? How does this affect the
economic and political power of the United States?
3. In the current economic situation in the United States what do you
project will happen to social mobility and the American Dream?
4. Describe the Horatio Alger myth.
Based on your own experience discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the
myth for both men and women.
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