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Self Test A on Knowledge & Vocabulary associated with Choice #31  

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1. All of the following types of people might be expected to value the  VALUING TRADITIONS/ STATUS QUO  theme except which ? 

1) those valuing individualism                        2) those valuing law and order

3) those valuing traditional marriage             4) those appreciating their ancestors

5) those valuing personal, family, and neighborhood relationships and feelings of togetherness

2.  Which of the following words from the description of the WORKING FOR CHANGE  theme best invokes or helps one recall the definition or description of the term "values?" 

1) "the rightness of the change"    2) "my commitment"   3) "reform the system" 

4) "how things should be"              5) none of above words do this

3. With respect to Chinese people taking sides during the turbulent era of the so-called Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s, you might expect someone who values the  VALUING TRADITIONS/ STATUS QUO theme over the WORKING FOR CHANGE  theme to favor promoting  ___________________. 

1)  social revolutionary dissent                         2)  Mao Tse-tung's teachings                    

3) the teachings of Marx and Lenin                  4) and joining the insurgents 

5)  the teachings of Confucius                          

4.  Someone who values the WORKING FOR CHANGE  theme over the  VALUING TRADITIONS/ STATUS QUO theme is most likely __________________________. 

1) apathetic           2) comfortable with "the system and the powers that be"        

3) not upset when confronted with  injustice                4) unwilling to sacrifice for some cause          

5) not just trying to make something happen, but conceivably trying to stop something from happening  

5. The word mores can best be defined as ______________ .

1)  laws                                      2)  customs                          3)   attitudes

4)  litigants                                       5) rebels  

   

6. The word clergy can best be defined as______________ 

1)  bureaucrats                 2)  rebels                        3)  ordained for religious service

4)   certified to teach                                      5) worthy of respect   

 

7.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "refusal to conform."

1)   dissent                                     2)    espouse                             3) venerate  

4) insurrection                              5) compliant 

 

8. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to hold, adopt, embrace an opinion."

1)   dissent                                     2)   espouse                              3) venerate   

4)   cajole                                     5) none of the above   

  

9.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "worthy of respect due to age or accomplishment."

1)  venerable                                      2)  clergy                               3)  insurgent  

4)  mores                                           5) dissenters 

 

10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "one who rebels or revolts."

1)   dissent                                      2)   venerable                              3) clergy  

4)  insurgent                                      5) mores 

    

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