THE SIMMEL QUIZ
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1. Where was Simmel born? StrasbourgBonnBerlin 2. In what University did Simmel eventually become a full Professor of sociology in 1910? StrasbourgBonnBerlin
1. Where was Simmel born? StrasbourgBonnBerlin
2. In what University did Simmel eventually become a full Professor of sociology in 1910?
StrasbourgBonnBerlin
3. What does Simmel suggest to be the four mental 'attitudes' produced by city life?
Indifference; Calculation; urbanication; Blase attitudeIndifference; Blase attitude; Intellectualisation; urbanicationCalculation; Indifference; Intellectualisation; Blase attitude
4. Which of the following best defines Simmel's notion of the stranger?
The person who enters the community and leaves after a short time
The person who passes through the community
The person who enters the community and stays
5. Which artistic movement did Frisby suggest inspired Simmel's sociology?
CubismImpressionismPre-Raphaelite
6. Which of the following best expresses Simmel's methodology?
Methodological Holism
Methodological Individualism
Methodological Relationalism
7. What, according to Simmel, happens to 'objective culture' as modernity progresses?
It becomes more 'popular'
It becomes reified
It becomes more sophisticated
8. What is a 'flaneur'?
A baker
Someone who strolls the city looking for a bargain
Someone who walks the city just to experience it
9. What did Simmel mean by a 'social form'?
A pattern of social behaviour which is repeated over at least three generations
A pattern of social behaviour which is only enacted once and then completely forgotten
An official questionnaire which must be filled in by all people who wish to join society
10.Simmel's work is often described philosophically as:
Neo-Lockean Neo-MarxistNeo-Kantian
11. What did Simmel mean by sociability?
The play form of human association
The conflict form of human association
The associative form of human association
12. What did Simmel mean by relationality?
Sociology is the study of social relations
Some things are related to one another but others are not
Everything and everyone is related to one another
13. Why did Simmel study fashion?
Fashion demonstrates the extent to which individuals both wish to be members of a group/society and yet remain in some sense distinctive individuals
Fashion demonstrates the extent to which individuals want to show-off and get noticed by others
Fashion demonstrates the extent to which individuals both wish to be members of a group/society and members of other groups/societies