Question 1

The Gallup Poll asked a representative sample of Americans to rate their marital happiness and their satisfaction with their spouse's weight.They found that

Accepted Answer

A) marital happiness is unrelated to satisfaction with spouse's weight. 
B) married people who were happier with their marriage expressed less satisfaction with their spouse's weight. 
C) married people who were less happy with their marriage expressed less satisfaction with their spouse's weight. 
D) half of the respondents wished their spouse would lose some weight regardless of their level of happiness. 
A) marital happiness is unrelated to satisfaction with spouse's weight. 
B) married people who were happier with their marriage expressed less satisfaction with their spouse's weight. 
C) married people who were less happy with their marriage expressed less satisfaction with their spouse's weight. 
D) half of the respondents wished their spouse would lose some weight regardless of their level of happiness.

Question 2

The Gallup Poll asked a representative sample of Americans to grade their marriages.The majority (80%)gave themselves a grade of

Accepted Answer

A) A 
B) B 
C) C 
D) D 
A) A 
B) B 
C) C 
D) D

Question 3

Evangelical feminists,also called Biblical feminists or Christian feminists,believe the Bible teaches that

Accepted Answer

A) wives should be submissive to their husbands. 
B) husbands should be submissive to their wives. 
C) husbands and wives should be mutually submissive to each other. 
D) neither husbands nor wives should be submissive. 
A) wives should be submissive to their husbands. 
B) husbands should be submissive to their wives. 
C) husbands and wives should be mutually submissive to each other. 
D) neither husbands nor wives should be submissive.

Question 4

Which of the following have the highest probability of marrying within the same racial ethnic group?

Accepted Answer

A) Black women 
B) Black men 
C) Hispanic women 
D) Hispanic men 
A) Black women 
B) Black men 
C) Hispanic women 
D) Hispanic men

Question 5

Researchers have asked older men and women why they date.They found that men date to __________ and women date to __________.

Accepted Answer

A) talk about their feelings ...to have something to do. 
B) to have something to do ...increase their prestige among friends. 
C) talk about their feelings ...increase their prestige among friends. 
D) increase their prestige among friends ...talk about their feelings. 
A) talk about their feelings ...to have something to do. 
B) to have something to do ...increase their prestige among friends. 
C) talk about their feelings ...increase their prestige among friends. 
D) increase their prestige among friends ...talk about their feelings.

Question 6

The majority (about 60%)of cohabitation relationships

Accepted Answer

A) involve a couple who do not intend to ever marry. 
B) result in marriage. 
C) is among older Americans over the age of 65. 
D) are kept secret from families. 
A) involve a couple who do not intend to ever marry. 
B) result in marriage. 
C) is among older Americans over the age of 65. 
D) are kept secret from families.

Question 7

The Defense of Marriage Act signed into U.S.Law in 1997

Accepted Answer

A) created same-sex civil unions as a substitute to marriages. 
B) allows states to ignore marriages that have occurred between same-sex partners in other states. 
C) forbids states from allowing same-sex marriage. 
D) forbids churches from officiating same-sex marriages. 
A) created same-sex civil unions as a substitute to marriages. 
B) allows states to ignore marriages that have occurred between same-sex partners in other states. 
C) forbids states from allowing same-sex marriage. 
D) forbids churches from officiating same-sex marriages.

Question 8

In the United States,marriage is

Accepted Answer

A) a legal contract with more government control than other kinds of contracts. 
B) a private matter between two consenting adults with no interference from the government. 
C) considered a private legal contract with less government intrusion than a typical business contract. 
D) not legally considered a contract. 
A) a legal contract with more government control than other kinds of contracts. 
B) a private matter between two consenting adults with no interference from the government. 
C) considered a private legal contract with less government intrusion than a typical business contract. 
D) not legally considered a contract.

Question 9

Socialist feminists agree with Engels that

Accepted Answer

A) the oppression of women depends on monogamy. 
B) the liberation of women depends on monogamy. 
C) the oppression of women was tied to the maintenance of the class systems. 
D) the liberation of women was tied to the maintenance of the class systems. 
A) the oppression of women depends on monogamy. 
B) the liberation of women depends on monogamy. 
C) the oppression of women was tied to the maintenance of the class systems. 
D) the liberation of women was tied to the maintenance of the class systems.

Question 10

Under couverture family law in the United States

Accepted Answer

A) married women owned only the property they brought into the marriage but did not accumulate rights to property the couple accumulated in the marriage. 
B) married couples held equal rights to all property each brought into the marriage or accumulated in the marriage. 
C) married women could not own property and their legal existence was suspended having been incorporated into that of their husbands. 
D) married couples each maintained separate ownership of the property they each respectively brought into the marriage and shared equally any property accumulated during the marriage. 
A) married women owned only the property they brought into the marriage but did not accumulate rights to property the couple accumulated in the marriage. 
B) married couples held equal rights to all property each brought into the marriage or accumulated in the marriage. 
C) married women could not own property and their legal existence was suspended having been incorporated into that of their husbands. 
D) married couples each maintained separate ownership of the property they each respectively brought into the marriage and shared equally any property accumulated during the marriage.

Question 11

Socialist feminists disagree with Engels' assertion that

Accepted Answer

A) working-class men did not benefit from the organization of marriage placing women in a dependent,subordinate position. 
B) entering the labor force increases the oppression of women. 
C) polygynous marriages are superior to monogamous marriages. 
D) class inequality is unrelated to gender inequality. 
A) working-class men did not benefit from the organization of marriage placing women in a dependent,subordinate position. 
B) entering the labor force increases the oppression of women. 
C) polygynous marriages are superior to monogamous marriages. 
D) class inequality is unrelated to gender inequality.

Question 12

Marriage law requires that a couple

Accepted Answer

A) plan to have children. 
B) have sexual intercourse. 
C) share at least one joint bank account. 
D) be legal residents of the same state. 
A) plan to have children. 
B) have sexual intercourse. 
C) share at least one joint bank account. 
D) be legal residents of the same state.

The Gallup Poll asked a representative sample of Americans to rate their marital happiness and their satisfaction with their spouse's weight.They found that

The Gallup Poll asked a representative sample of Americans to grade their marriages.The majority (80%)gave themselves a grade of

Evangelical feminists,also called Biblical feminists or Christian feminists,believe the Bible teaches that

Which of the following have the highest probability of marrying within the same racial ethnic group?

Researchers have asked older men and women why they date.They found that men date to and women date to .

The majority (about 60%)of cohabitation relationships

The Defense of Marriage Act signed into U.S.Law in 1997

In the United States,marriage is

Socialist feminists agree with Engels that

Under couverture family law in the United States

Socialist feminists disagree with Engels' assertion that

Marriage law requires that a couple

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Exam 9: Marriage

The Gallup Poll asked a representative sample of Americans to rate their marital happiness and their satisfaction with their spouse's weight.They found that

The Gallup Poll asked a representative sample of Americans to grade their marriages.The majority (80%)gave themselves a grade of

Evangelical feminists,also called Biblical feminists or Christian feminists,believe the Bible teaches that

Which of the following have the highest probability of marrying within the same racial ethnic group?

Researchers have asked older men and women why they date.They found that men date to __________ and women date to __________.

The majority (about 60%)of cohabitation relationships

The Defense of Marriage Act signed into U.S.Law in 1997

In the United States,marriage is

Socialist feminists agree with Engels that

Under couverture family law in the United States

Socialist feminists disagree with Engels' assertion that

Marriage law requires that a couple

How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Families,family Policy,and the State

Filters

Researchers have asked older men and women why they date.They found that men date to and women date to .