Sociologist Georg Simmel wrote that aristocrats would get to know ...

[ashley]

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

[ynlevi]

Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

b