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Quiz for Primary Source 22.4: Max Weber Critiques Industrial Capitalism

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1. Which of these did Weber see as the foundation of the “spirit of capitalism”?

Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Protestantism

Greed

Enlightenment rationality

Humanist individualism

Correct. The answer is a. Weber linked the Puritan desire to merge a religious calling with an active life in the world to the development of the spirit of capitalism.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Weber linked the Puritan desire to merge a religious calling with an active life in the world to the development of the spirit of capitalism.

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2. Which of these terms might Weber be most likely to use to describe capitalism?

Progressive and uplifting

Liberating and exhilarating

Coercive and all-encompassing

Backwards and regressive

Correct. The answer is c. Weber saw capitalism as a highly coercive and all-encompassing system that ruled the lives of the vast majority of people.

Incorrect. The answer is c. Weber saw capitalism as a highly coercive and all-encompassing system that ruled the lives of the vast majority of people.

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3. According to Weber, as capitalism has developed,

humankind has moved closer to perfection.

superstition and ignorance have been vanquished.

standards of living have risen.

material things have taken on increased importance.

Correct. The answer is d. Weber believed that material things had “gained increasing and finally inescapable power over men.”

Incorrect. The answer is d. Weber believed that material things had “gained increasing and finally inescapable power over men.”