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Higher Education

Social Problems, Fourth Edition: Chapter 09

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the “Submit my answers” button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) happiness rates
b) life expectancy
c) poverty rates
d) income gaps

Question 2:


a) men
b) children
c) women
d) boys

Question 3:


a) mental illness prevents some people from functioning effectively
b) mental illness brings poor educational outcomes and creates higher unemployment rates
c) stresses associated with life conditions of lower social classes contribute to the onset of mental illness
d) stresses associated with high-responsibility jobs contribute to the onset of mental illness

Question 4:


a) Atlantic and Prairie
b) Maritime
c) Western Canadian
d) Central Canadian

Question 5:


a) income inequality
b) housing
c) gender identity
d) education

Question 6:


a) demography of waiting
b) sociology of waiting
c) politics of waiting
d) economics of waiting

Question 7:


a) Men with Caps
b) Men in Blue Gowns
c) Boys in White
d) Boys in Blue

Question 8:


a) medical school is a rite of passage
b) medical school does not teach students how to act like doctors
c) medical school spends a little time preparing doctors for patient interaction
d) becoming a doctor is merely learning some essential technical skills

Question 9:


a) systematic failure to acknowledge and validate trans identities
b) erasing medical records that are 20 years old
c) a process followed by highly educated people in hospital settings
d) a gender identity disorder

Question 10:


a) abortions
b) lethargy
c) depression and anxiety
d) restlessness

Question 11:


a) True
b) False

Question 12:


a) True
b) False

Question 13:


a) True
b) False

Question 14:


a) True
b) False

Question 15:


a) True
b) False

Question 16:


a) True
b) False

Question 17:


a) True
b) False

Question 18:


a) True
b) False

Question 19:


a) True
b) False

Question 20:


a) True
b) False