Sociologist Georg Simmel wrote that aristocrats would get to know each other better in an evening than the middle class would in a month.
Aulette explained that he meant that wealthy people identify themselves _____________, while middle-class people identify themselves _____________ .
a. by membership and background by individual achievement
b. by individual achievement by membership and background
c. more strongly by individual achievement less strongly by individual achievement.
d. less strongly by membership and background more strongly by membership and achievement.
Question 2
In the past 20 years the proportion of private wealth owned by the wealthiest 1 of the population has _______ and the proportion of private wealth owned by the poorest 90 has _______ .
a. stayed the same ... stayed the same
b. increased decreased
c. decreased increased
d. varied with both increases and decreases depending on the ups and downs of the stock market ... varied with both increases and decreases depending on the rates of unemployment
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