The author compares the Virginia Tech shooting to the Oklahoma City bombing to make the point that:
a. ethnic minorities are more likely than the dominant group to suffer the consequences of the actions of their co-ethnics.
b. the Tech shooting received much more media coverage.
c. the Oklahoma City bombing received much more media coverage.
d. college students rarely display violent behavior.
a
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following statements is false?
a. In most areas of America, a basically “Puritan Way of Death” persisted until the 19th century. b. The “ideology of separate spheres” contributed to more open discussion of death in American society. c. At the turn of the 20th century, the funeral industry attempted to keep death out of sight and out of mind. d. Middle-class Americans wished to experience death with order.
According to your text, the second function of government is to ________.
A. secure order B. distribute power equitably C. provide a safety net D. protect the citizenry
Ewoodzie discovered that homeless people in Jackson, Mississippi, ________
a. ate more nutritious food than better-off people. b. could easily find jobs and housing if they just wanted to. c. made use of available social services so that they rarely went for a day without food. d. were unwilling to speak with any researcher about their lives.