Sociology Quiz - Statistics

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Question	Answer	% Correct
Which country was Max Weber from?	Germany	92%
Who wrote "The Communist Manifesto" with Friedrich Engels?	Karl Marx	88%
Which country was Emile Durkheim from?	France	70%
What was the name that Karl Marx gave to those who have to engage in waged labour for the benefit of the owners of the means of production?	Proletariat	61%
What was the name that Karl Marx gave to the owners of the means of production, those at the top of the social and economic hierarchy?	Bourgeoisie	46%
In which century was this book written?	18th	43%
Who famously wrote "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"	Simone de Beauvoir	36%
What is the name for the study of knoweldge?	Epistemology	30%
Which famous philosopher did she have a long-term relationship with?	Jean-Paul Sartre	25%
In which book did she write this line?	The Second Sex	25%
Complete the title of Weber's book "The .... Ethic and the .... of Capitalism"	Protestant Spirit	22%
Who wrote "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects"	Mary Wollstonecraft	16%
Who coined the phrase "the sociological imagination" in a 1959 book of the same name?	C. Wright Mills	13%
Who coined the phrase "survival of the fittest"	Herbert Spencer	13%
In which London cemetary is Karl Marx buried?	High Gate	10%
Which British sociologist wrote the classic 1977 book "Learning to Labour: How Working Class Kids Get Working Class Jobs"	Paul Willis	10%
Who is often cited as the first female sociologist?	Harriet Martineau	5%
Who first theorized the idea of "emotional labour" in her book "The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling"?	Arlie Hochschild	4%
Which group of workers did she research to write this book?	Flight attendants	4%
What was the name of the book in which he wrote about this research?	Tearoom Trade	4%
What was the name of the sociologist who used ethically problematic methods to study men's use of public toilets for sexual encounters?	Laud Humphreys	3%
What was the name of the cultural theorist famed for his focus on representation, particularly with regards to race?	Stuart Hall	3%

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