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Quiz for Sources for Western Society, Chapter 22

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1. What actions did Chadwick believe were most important in combatting disease among the lower classes (see Document 22-1)?

Better drainage, the removal of refuse, and the improvement of the water supply

Better education, stricter supervision, and more churches

Research for cures, more hospitals, and better doctors

Stricter quarantines, reduced immigration, and more police

Correct. The answer is a. Chadwick linked disease to environmental conditions. In his view, if the environment was improved, disease rates would decline.

Incorrect. The answer is a. Chadwick linked disease to environmental conditions. In his view, if the environment was improved, disease rates would decline.

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2. In Jack London’s view (see Document 22-2), the East End of London should be known as

the City of Angels.

the City of Dreadful Monotony.

the City of Degradation.

the City of Lost Hope.

Correct. The answer is c. London rejected the title “City of Dreadful Monotony” as insufficient to capture the East End’s horrors. In its place he substituted “City of Degradation,” arguing that conditions in the East End destroyed all innocence and goodness.

Incorrect. The answer is c. London rejected the title “City of Dreadful Monotony” as insufficient to capture the East End’s horrors. In its place he substituted “City of Degradation,” arguing that conditions in the East End destroyed all innocence and goodness.

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3. How do the fashions pictured in Document 22-4 help explain the hiring of servants such as those described in Document 22-3?

Both the fashions and the servants were examples of conspicuous consumption.

Only good servants had the knowledge to guide their mistresses in the choice of appropriate fashions.

Such fashions required assistance to put on and restricted the movements of the wearer.

Such fashions made it easier for women to seek paid employment, necessitating the hiring of servants to take care of the home.

Correct. The answer is c. The fashions pictured in Document 22-4 made it impossible for middle-class and elite women to go about their day without the help of servants.

Incorrect. The answer is c. The fashions pictured in Document 22-4 made it impossible for middle-class and elite women to go about their day without the help of servants.

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4. According to Zetkin (see Document 22-5), why was the inclusion of women in industrial trade unions in the best interests of male workers?

Because women had unique insights and skills to offer the union movement

Because the low wages offered to non-unionized women drove down wages for men

Because it would improve the public perception of unions

Because anything that was morally right was also, in the long run, beneficial to all

Correct. The answer is b. Zetkin contended that the low wages offered to women turned them into “unfair competitors who pushed down the wages of men.”

Incorrect. The answer is b. Zetkin contended that the low wages offered to women turned them into “unfair competitors who pushed down the wages of men.”

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5. Darwin suggested that we can gain insight into the evolution of human beings (see Document 22-6) through the study of

the Bible.

embryos.

DNA.

geological change.

Correct. The answer is b. Darwin believed that as human embryos grew, they passed through the stages of previous human evolution.

Incorrect. The answer is b. Darwin believed that as human embryos grew, they passed through the stages of previous human evolution.

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6. With which of these statements would Herbert Spencer (see Document 22-7) likely have agreed?

Darwin’s theories are an insult to good Christians everywhere.

Most social problems are the result of environmental conditions.

In the eyes of God, all men and women are equal.

The suffering of the poor and weak is in the long-term interests of humanity as a whole.

Correct. The answer is d. Spencer saw the suffering of the poor and the weak as a natural and necessary consequence of their inferiority.

Incorrect. The answer is d. Spencer saw the suffering of the poor and the weak as a natural and necessary consequence of their inferiority.