Quiz: Marcuse, Gitlin, and Wright (3 out of 9)

Readings Covered in this Quiz:

Tuesday, April 20: Extending Liberty While Intensifying Domination

Marcuse, Herbert. 2012. “One Dimensional Man.” Pp. 478-486 in Classical Sociological Theory, edited by Craig Calhoun et al. 3d ed. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.  

Thursday, April 22: Wikipedia and Occupy Wall Street

Gitlin, Todd. 2013. “Occupy’s Predicament: The Moment and the Prospects for the Movement.” The British Journal of Sociology 64(1):3–25.

Wright, Erik Olin. 2010. “Chapter 7: Real Utopias II: Social Empowerment and the Economy.” Pp. 135–90 in Envisioning Real Utopias. London and New York: Verso. (Only pages 135-144)

Collective Quiz

Instructions: This is a collective quiz. You have to decide as a group what the right answer is for each question. This means you have to come to a consensus regarding the right answer and cannot select an answer on your own. There is only one question that you have to answer individually, question four. Each question is worth .5 points for a total of 2 points..

First, read through all the questions individually. Once everybody has finished, have a conversation about each question to decide which option is the correct answer. Make sure you express your views by explaining why you think a given option is correct or incorrect and ask your peers questions when you have doubts. 

If a strong disagreement emerges regarding the right answer to one of the questions and the conversation comes to a standstill with both sides unconvinced of the other’s argument, you must decide the right answer by simple majority vote.

I’d like to see you make an effort to encourage others to participate throughout the conversation. You can do this by asking them what their view is on a given question or answer.