Suicide is the work of_____________?

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1. Martha and Susan work at the local factory ten hours a day five days a week They make the minimum wage with no overtime pay insurance or benefits One day they discuss their situations over lunch and express frustration over the fact that they never seem to make enough money to “get ahead “By the end of the conversation they have motivated each other to volunteer to work on Sundays They figure that if they work just a little harder they will make enough money to increase their social status Marx would say these women are demonstrating ?

   A. the dedication necessary to get ahead in life
   B. class consciousness
   C. capitalist enthusiasm
   D. false consciousness

2. One of the root causes of suicide, according to Durkheim was______________?

   A. Decrease in social solidarity
   B. Increased development
   C. Industrialization
   D. None of these

3. Suicide rate was higher in Protestants because they had higher emphasis on______________?

   A. Individualism
   B. solidarity
   C. Harmony
   D. None of these

4. Suicide by Durkheim was published in____________?

   A. 1878
   B. 1797
   C. 1897
   D. None of these

5. Which of the following was supported by Durkheim,s study of suicide ?

   A. Catholics had higher rates of suicide than protestants
   B. Rates of suicide were higher in times of war than in times of peace
   C. Rates of suicide were lower in times of economic stability
   D. Individuals who were enmeshed in meaningful social bonds were less inclined to commit suicide

6. In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with_______________?

   A. suicide rates and how they varied from county to country
   B. personalities of individual suicide victims
   C. means people used to take their own lives
   D. effects of suicide on the families of victims

7. According to durkheim the greater rates of suicide in protestants were due to more emphasis on____________?

   A. Social Conesion
   B. Individualism
   C. Economic problem
   D. none of these

8. A rising suicide rate associated with normlessness and a lack of social regulation can be described as______________?

   A. egoistic suicide
   B. altruistic suicide
   C. fatalistic suicide
   D. anomic suicide

9. In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with________________?

   A. suicide rates and how they varied from country to country
   B. personalities of individual suicide victims
   C. means people used to take their own lives
   D. effects of suicide on the families of victims

10. The intellectual tradition at the heart of conflict theory begins principally with the work of_____________?

    A. Max Weber
    B. Emile Durkheim
    C. Erving Goffman
    D. Karl Marx