Author Question: The most influential expression of pessimism, Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, argued that ... (Read 49 times)

asmith134 · **on:** Sep 12, 2019

Question 1

Many employers cut wage costs in the late nineteenth century by

a. eliminating pension plans.
b. hiring skilled workers.
c. eliminating health insurance plans.
d. hiring women and children.

Question 2

The most influential expression of pessimism, Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West, argued that Western Civilization was in the last of which three stages?

a. feudalism, capitalism, and socialism
b. hunting and gathering, herding, and farming
c. religion, nationalism, and cosmopolitanism
d. heroic youth, creative maturity, and decadent old age
e. despotism, aristocracy, and democracy