• This module contains our first exam. Please note that you have the rest of the week to write this exam.
  • Due date: Monday, 2/24/2025, in class.
  • How to submit your exam: Bring your completed exam paper to class on Monday, 2/24/2025.
  • GRADING: Your exam will be graded as follows: each question is worth 20 points, 5 x 20 = 100 points in total.
  • RETURNING YOUR EXAM: I will return your graded exam in class, mostly likely a week from the 24th.
  • Note: this is an open book and open notes/videos exam (just like our quiz was). This means, when answering the questions, you can use all of the materials available on our class website. However, you must not use any outside information. Any outside information will be not given credit. Also, everything in your answers must be in your own words. No quotes from any of the readings or videos (you must paraphrase, put everything in your own words).
  • Note 2: Your answers to the questions on this exam, are supposed to be short and directly to the point. This means the typical answer should be in the range of 5-7 sentences minimum. However, there’s no need to write full essays for each question on this exam.

Question 1

In your own words, describe what Althusser meant by ideological and repressive state apparatuses. Explain what each term means. Give an example for each apparatus/

Question 2

What was the Labor Theory of Value about? Why do we study it in our module on social classes?

Question 3

What does the formula C-M-C refer to? Explain what the letters mean, as well as include an example to clarify your explanation of the formula.

Question 4

What does the formula M-C-M’ refer to? Explain what the letters mean, as well as include an example to clarify your explanation of the formula.

Question 5

According to what we studied in Modules 4 and 5, what are the two main social classes in US society today? What is the difference between these classes based on? In other words, what makes someone a member of one social class, or the other? Give an example of each social class, which illustrates the difference between the two classes.