POS 160 Quiz 2 Test Bank Fall 2022
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 31
1) According to the text, Marxism argues that __________ characterizes the global economy.
Feedback: Question type: factual
a. class solidarity
b. inequality
c. socialist ideals
d. nationalist populism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 32
2) Marx himself provided __________ in terms of a theoretical analysis of __________.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. little . . . international relations
b. much . . . gender relations
c. much . . . the specifics of governing the communist state
d. none of the above
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 33
3) A key element of Marxist thought is the __________ conception of history.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. gendered
b. immaterial
c. materialist
d. militaristic
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 34
4) Marx described what is sometimes called a __________ model of society.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. base-superstructure
b. basic- suprastructure
c. beta-superstructure
d. superstructure
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 35 (Pages 84-133)
5) According to the text, critical theorists have challenged assumptions of
Feedback: Question type: applied
a. liberalism, preferring instead a return to realism.
b. dominant paradigms, while rejecting the need for social transformation.
c. realism and constructivism in favor of neoliberalism.
d. the status quo, dominant paradigms, and the feasibility of reform.
Type: multiple choice question
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, Title: Chapter 03 Question 36
6) The vast bulk of Marx’s theoretical efforts consisted of a painstaking analysis of capitalism as a
Feedback: Question type: factual
a. world economic system.
b. mode of production.
c. theory of hegemony.
d. tool of emancipation.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 37
7) Marx and Engels famously argued that history is the story of
Feedback: Question type: factual
a. war and peace.
b. class struggle.
c. survival.
d. ideas.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 38
8) The “stag hunt” is a metaphor that demonstrates
Feedback: Question type: applied
a. environmental degradation under neoliberalism.
b. the Tragedy of the Commons.
c. challenges in coordinating cooperative action.
d. the multipolar model of the balance of power.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 39
9) Neorealists believe states seek __________, while neoliberals believe __________ is/are can explain
cooperation under anarchy.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. economic interconnectedness . . . human nature
b. absolute power . . . shared resource zones
c. offensive military capabilities. . . superior defensive technology
d. relative gains . . . absolute gains
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 40
10) According to Marx, the central dynamic to be understood is the tension between the means of
production and relations of production that together form
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. the economic base of a given society.
b. capitalism.
c. the mode of production.
d. the political system of a given society.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 41
11) Ironically, Third World socialists tended to be
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. from the developed world.
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Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 31
1) According to the text, Marxism argues that __________ characterizes the global economy.
Feedback: Question type: factual
a. class solidarity
b. inequality
c. socialist ideals
d. nationalist populism
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 32
2) Marx himself provided __________ in terms of a theoretical analysis of __________.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. little . . . international relations
b. much . . . gender relations
c. much . . . the specifics of governing the communist state
d. none of the above
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 33
3) A key element of Marxist thought is the __________ conception of history.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. gendered
b. immaterial
c. materialist
d. militaristic
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 34
4) Marx described what is sometimes called a __________ model of society.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. base-superstructure
b. basic- suprastructure
c. beta-superstructure
d. superstructure
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 35 (Pages 84-133)
5) According to the text, critical theorists have challenged assumptions of
Feedback: Question type: applied
a. liberalism, preferring instead a return to realism.
b. dominant paradigms, while rejecting the need for social transformation.
c. realism and constructivism in favor of neoliberalism.
d. the status quo, dominant paradigms, and the feasibility of reform.
Type: multiple choice question
1
, Title: Chapter 03 Question 36
6) The vast bulk of Marx’s theoretical efforts consisted of a painstaking analysis of capitalism as a
Feedback: Question type: factual
a. world economic system.
b. mode of production.
c. theory of hegemony.
d. tool of emancipation.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 37
7) Marx and Engels famously argued that history is the story of
Feedback: Question type: factual
a. war and peace.
b. class struggle.
c. survival.
d. ideas.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 38
8) The “stag hunt” is a metaphor that demonstrates
Feedback: Question type: applied
a. environmental degradation under neoliberalism.
b. the Tragedy of the Commons.
c. challenges in coordinating cooperative action.
d. the multipolar model of the balance of power.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 39
9) Neorealists believe states seek __________, while neoliberals believe __________ is/are can explain
cooperation under anarchy.
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. economic interconnectedness . . . human nature
b. absolute power . . . shared resource zones
c. offensive military capabilities. . . superior defensive technology
d. relative gains . . . absolute gains
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 40
10) According to Marx, the central dynamic to be understood is the tension between the means of
production and relations of production that together form
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. the economic base of a given society.
b. capitalism.
c. the mode of production.
d. the political system of a given society.
Type: multiple choice question
Title: Chapter 03 Question 41
11) Ironically, Third World socialists tended to be
Feedback: Question type: conceptual
a. from the developed world.
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