Question 1

What is the largest and best-known magazine dedicated to gay and lesbian issues?

Accepted Answer

A)   The Source
B)   Pride
C)   The Advocate
D)   Coming Out C

Question 2

What statement is TRUE related to the rates of gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships among males and females?

Accepted Answer

A)   There are more lesbian women than gay men.
B)   There are about equal numbers of gay men, lesbian women, and people who identify as bisexual.
C)   There are more gay men than lesbian women.
D)   There are more people who identify as bisexual than gay men and lesbian women combined. C

Question 3

What is one of the potential reasons discussed in your text for why lesbian women tend to earn more money than heterosexual women?

Accepted Answer

A)   They are more likely to work in sex-industry jobs, such as strip clubs or pornography, in which women earn large amounts of money.
B)   They are often thought of as "one of the guys."
C)   They are less likely to leave the workforce to raise children.
D)   Male employers tend to hire them because of the girl-on-girl fantasies that permeate male culture. C

Question 4

What greatly influenced the harsh attitude toward same-sex behaviors in the early American colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)   The strong influence of the Catholic Church
B)   The Puritanical origins of the early settlers
C)   Interaction with Native Americans who condoned homosexuality
D)   Early venereal diseases spread in the colonies by men who were gay

Question 5

In the Sambian culture, males practice sequential homosexuality primarily through what sexual activity?

Accepted Answer

A)   Extramarital affairs
B)   Oral sex
C)   Father-son sexual contact
D)   Anal intercourse

Question 6

How did many scientists during the 1930s and 1940s try to explain homosexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)   By exploring physical differences between male and female gay and straight people
B)   By exploring men's and women's motivations to identify as gay or lesbian
C)   By exploring brain differences between gay and straight men and lesbian and straight women
D)   By exploring the family backgrounds of gay men and lesbian women

Question 7

Today's teens are coming out at earlier ages than during other times in history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Statistically speaking, which of the following individuals would be more likely to experience thoughts of suicide as well as higher levels of binge drinking?

Accepted Answer

A)   Samantha, a 20-year old heterosexual female
B)   Sheila, a 20-year old lesbian female
C)   Daniel, a 20-year-old gay male
D)   Derrick, a 20-year old bisexual male

Question 9

Rates of victimization from hate crimes are higher for boys than girls.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Studies have shown the following benefit(s) for LGB teens who attend gay-straight alliance (GSA) clubs in high school:

Accepted Answer

A)   Higher GPAs
B)   Lower rates of substance abuse
C)   Decreased suicidal thoughts for heterosexual boys who experience bullying
D)   All of these

Question 11

Similar to many Latin American countries, many Middle Eastern countries do not view the active, penetrating male sexual partner as homosexual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is the term used to describe the assumption that everyone has heterosexual attraction and will eventually form a long-term relationship with a member of the othersex?

Accepted Answer

A)   Homophobia
B)   Heterosexism
C)   Heterophobia
D)   Homosexism

Question 13

After being introduced in every session of Congress since 1994, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act finally passed in 2013.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

How did Kinsey define sexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)   More dependent on emotions and fantasies than on behavior
B)   Best understood as a continuum of behavior
C)   As two separate dichotomous categories
D)   Based on past and present behavior

Question 15

What state struck down its laws against same-sex adoption in 2010?

Accepted Answer

A)   Iowa
B)   Connecticut
C)   Florida
D)   Utah

Question 16

What is the Harvey Milk School?

Accepted Answer

A)   A seminar series specifically developed to help parents of gay youth understand homosexuality
B)   A school that offers conversion therapy to gay and lesbian youth
C)   The first public school for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth
D)   A graduate institution founded to encourage gay and lesbian students to enter politics

Question 17

What is the basic premise of reparative therapy?

Accepted Answer

A)   Homosexual orientation is a form of social adjustment disorder.
B)   Homosexual orientation is an illness to be cured.
C)   Homosexual orientation leads to additional physical and emotional diseases.
D)   The research evidence shows that a person can choose to change their sexual orientation.

Question 18

What has been found related to birth order and sexual orientation?

Accepted Answer

A)   Gay men have more older brothers than heterosexual men.
B)   Gay men have more older sisters than heterosexual men.
C)   Gay men are typically the oldest child.
D)   Gay men are more likely to be only children.

Question 19

According to the six-stage model of gay and lesbian identity formation, what is the last stage in which the individual becomes fully comfortable with his or her sexual orientation and considers all aspects of his or her personality?

Accepted Answer

A)   Identity tolerance
B)   Identity acceptance
C)   Identity pride
D)   Identity synthesis

Question 20

The age of first awareness of sexual orientation is typically within 1-2 years of when a person chooses to come out to others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 11: Sexual Orientation

What is the largest and best-known magazine dedicated to gay and lesbian issues?

What statement is TRUE related to the rates of gay, lesbian, and bisexual relationships among males and females?

What is one of the potential reasons discussed in your text for why lesbian women tend to earn more money than heterosexual women?

What greatly influenced the harsh attitude toward same-sex behaviors in the early American colonies?

In the Sambian culture, males practice sequential homosexuality primarily through what sexual activity?

How did many scientists during the 1930s and 1940s try to explain homosexual orientation?

Today's teens are coming out at earlier ages than during other times in history.

Statistically speaking, which of the following individuals would be more likely to experience thoughts of suicide as well as higher levels of binge drinking?

Rates of victimization from hate crimes are higher for boys than girls.

Studies have shown the following benefit(s) for LGB teens who attend gay-straight alliance (GSA) clubs in high school:

Similar to many Latin American countries, many Middle Eastern countries do not view the active, penetrating male sexual partner as homosexual.

What is the term used to describe the assumption that everyone has heterosexual attraction and will eventually form a long-term relationship with a member of the othersex?

After being introduced in every session of Congress since 1994, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act finally passed in 2013.

How did Kinsey define sexual orientation?

What state struck down its laws against same-sex adoption in 2010?

What is the Harvey Milk School?

What is the basic premise of reparative therapy?

What has been found related to birth order and sexual orientation?

According to the six-stage model of gay and lesbian identity formation, what is the last stage in which the individual becomes fully comfortable with his or her sexual orientation and considers all aspects of his or her personality?

The age of first awareness of sexual orientation is typically within 1-2 years of when a person chooses to come out to others.