Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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____
refers to multiple wives for a man and ______ to multiple husbands
for one
wife.
a. | polygamy;
polyandry | b. | polyandry; polygamy | c. | group marriage;
polygamy | d. | bigamy; polygamy | | |
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According to Robert Staples' typology of singles, the term _____
refers
to an individual who either temporarily or permanently lives a
solitary
life, except for friendships, refusing all dates and heterosexual
contacts.
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free-floating | b. | misanthropic | c. | accommodationist | d. | self-absorbed | | |
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David
likes being married. He was saddened and disorganized when his wife died. However, at age 32, he
wants to be married again when the right woman comes along. This situation illustrates which of
these?
a. | voluntary
temporary single | b. | voluntary stable single | c. | involuntary
stable single | d. | none of these | | |
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Which
of these illustrates a temporary voluntary single?
a. | Patrick, who is
single and intends to remain that way until he is "trapped" by some woman's pregnancy and
her attendant threat surround that situation | b. | Carolyn, a
professional woman who wants to marry but is waiting for "the right man" to come along
before she marries | c. | Jack, who wants a wife but, given his many negative
characteristics, has accepted the fact that he will probably never marry
again | d. | Margaret, whose husband deserted her because she wouldn't
change her ways to suit him | | |
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Regarding job
opportunities, unmarried women may be ________than men because of their
single status.
a. | likelier to have to move geographically to get a
job | b. | more
disadvantaged | c. | much more disadvantaged | d. | less
disadvantaged | | |
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Parents tend to "get in the way of' or "interfere" with ___________
a. | single
women | b. | young single
men, who have difficulty tolerating this interference | c. | single men who
are in their 20s, who tolerate this interference | d. | single men who
are middle aged, but who in fact welcome the interference as a sign of "caring" and as a
way to have more "goods and services" at home | | |
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Lesbian couples are likelier than gay males to have met through:
a. | friendship
networks | b. | co-worker or co-professional (on-the-job)
relationships | c. | educational or vocational training
settings | d. | informal interaction at gay bars | | |
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8.
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An
alternative household form found to suit the needs and preferences of some Black Americans is one in
which:
a. | two or more
women, each in her own household, has relationships with several men | b. | two or more men
share the same woman who lives in her own household | c. | two or men share
the same women, moving from the household of one woman to another | d. | two or more
women, each in her own household, share the same man | | |
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Which
of the following categories is likeliest to he left without a partner?
a. | older
women | b. | Roman Catholic and/or Baptist women | c. | middle-aged and
older gay men | d. | the well-educated | | |
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10.
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The
newly divorced:
a. | tend to throw themselves into a frantic round of social
activities | b. | tend to have a honeymoon or 'pink cloud"
period | c. | tend to suffer from depression | d. | have a
statistically significant tendency toward sexual promiscuity. | | |
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