Casey Could Not Believe That Her Friends Were Going to College

question 26

Multiple Choice

Casey could not believe that her friends were going to college after high school. She found it much more important to try to overthrow the current government, and she planned to chain herself to the capitol building and stage a hunger strike until her demands were met. Merton would argue that Casey was coping with strain through ______.

• A) innovation
• B) ritualism
• C) rebellion
• D) retreatism

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Definitions:

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