How Thick Is Your Bubble?

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This quiz is inspired by American Enterprise Institute scholar Charles Murray's new book, "Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010," which explores the unprecedented, class-based cultural gap in America. How culturally isolated are you? Answer these 20 questions to find out.

Q.1)

Have you ever worked on a factory floor?

A. Yes B. No

Q.2)

Have you ever held a job that caused a part of your body to hurt at the end of the day?

A. Yes B. No

Q.3)

Have you seen last year's mega-hit movie, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"?

A. Yes B. No

Q.4)

Can you name this NASCAR champion?

A. Yes B. No

Q.5)

In the past five years, have you been fishing or hunting?

A. Yes B. No

Q.6)

Do you have a close friend who is an evangelical Christian?

A. Yes B. No

Q.7)

During the past year, have you stocked your own fridge with domestic mass-market beer?

A. Yes B. No

Q.8)

Do you now have a close friend with whom you have strong and wide-ranging political disagreement?

A. Yes B. No

Q.9)

Have you eaten at an Applebee's, TGI Friday's, or Outback Steakhouse in the past year?

A. Yes B. No

Q.10)

Have you or your spouse ever bought a pickup truck?

A. Yes B. No

Q.11)

Have you ever attended a Kiwanis or Rotary Club meeting, or a gathering at a union local?

A. Yes B. No

Q.12)

Have you ever participated in a parade that did not involve global warming, gay rights, or a war protest?

A. Yes B. No

Q.13)

Since leaving school, have you worn a uniform as part of your job?

A. Yes B. No

Q.14)

Have you ever ridden on a Greyhound or Trailways bus?

A. Yes B. No

Q.15)

Did you ever watch an "Oprah" show all the way through?

A. Yes B. No

Q.16)

Did you or your spouse ever serve in the armed forces?

A. Yes B. No

Q.17)

Did you grow up in a family in which the chief breadwinner was not in a managerial position or high-prestige occupation (defined as dentist, physician, architect, attorney, engineer, scientist, or college professor)?

A. Yes B. No

Q.18)

Have you ever lived for at least a year as an adult in an American neighborhood in which the majority of your nearest 50 neighbors probably did not have college degrees?

A. Yes B. No

Q.19)

Have you ever had a close friend who could seldom get better than Cs in high school even if he or she tried hard?

A. Yes B. No

Q.20)

During the last month, have you voluntarily hung out with people who were smoking cigarettes?

A. Yes B. No