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Please answer one L3 question OR two L2 questions OR three L1 questions. An L3 answer should be 6-8 paragraphs, an L2 answer should be 3-4 paragraphs, and an L1 answer should be 2-3 paragraphs. Please upload your exam answer(s) to the final examcategory by Tuesday, December 10, 2019by 11:59p.m. Central Time.LATE EXAM ANSWERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.L3:1)Explain how a Muslim American immigrant from Saudi Arabia might experience double consciousness living in a small town in Oklahoma. How might he or she be awareof two cultures simultaneously?2)Explain how lower SES women are marginalized in much of society in terms of life chances and describe what can be done to remedy the situation? Describe the marginalization and remediation from both a social and an economic standpoint.3)Explain the logic behind removing children from households to be raised in Soviet boarding schools. Why would this never occur in modern Western countries? What advantages might the Soviet approach have over the Western approach?4)You are tasked with improving retention rates at a local state college. You are concerned about too many people being on a collegiate track and not enough people on an academic or vocational track. Would you emphasize the academic or vocational track more in your efforts?5)You are a marketing executive trying to understand the modern consumerist culture. You want to sell a diverse array of products to affluent consumers in Silicon Valley. How would you sell products that people do not need to people who do not want them?6)Discuss immigration as a means of lowering the average age of the population in a developed country that is rapidly aging. Should immigration be prioritized? Why might it or might it not be encouraged? What would the impact be on the economy? What about on the local culture?Are these impacts good, bad, or neutral?7)Why has globalization spread from the West to the rest of the world? What economic benefits might be derived from globalization? What economic disadvantages might likewise be derived? What is the role of technology in promoting globalization?L2:
1)You are tasked with preventing racial incidents on an affluent private college campus. How would you promote racial sensitivity to persons from rich backgrounds? Would it be easier than promoting racial sensitivity to persons from impoverished backgrounds?2)Why might LGBT persons find a college campus intimidating? What could be done to make a college campus more accepting of LGBT students?3)What might be the advantages of living in anextended family in a developed country when money is sufficient? Do people live in extended families only because they are impoverished?4)Explain how a religious cult could eventually become a sect and then a denomination. What barriers would it have to overcome to gain mainstream acceptance?5)How might scouting teach people to respect authority? Should the government actively promote enrollment in scouting organizations?6)Explain environmental racism. Why might companies be able to pollute in lower-income, minority neighborhoods with impunity whereas it wouldnotbe tolerated in affluent, Caucasian neighborhoods?7)Explain what is meant by global civil society. How might global civil society undermine the sovereignty of countries? Is this a good thing or abad thing?L1:1)How couldrace relations be improved in 2019?In 1919?2)Why might it take a while for transgender persons to be accepted?Is this any different than the time it took for homosexuality to be accepted?3)How might families socialize individuals in ways other social institutions could not?4)What are the benefits to Advanced Placement courses in equalizing life chances?5)Why is money so essential to a functioning society? Is not money just an idea?6)What benefits to medical science might develop from sociologically studying epidemics and pandemics?7)Will the spread of popular American culture around the world win the war against local extremism?