Question 1

Companionate marriages expect wives to be guardians of virtue and sexual restraint.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Better education and higher incomes than the general population tends to be found in which of the following ethnic groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese-Americans
B)  Native-Americans
C)  Hispanics
D)  Japanese-Americans

Question 3

The _____ is a painful fact that has resulted primarily from high rates of divorce, increasing numbers of unmarried women with children, and women's lack of economic resources.

Accepted Answer

A)  economic dysfunction trend
B)  "two person career" trend
C)  androgynization of poverty
D)  feminization of poverty

Question 4

Cohabitation is sometimes practiced by the elderly.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The first year after freedom for the African-Americans was called

Accepted Answer

A)  the "Hallelujah" time.
B)  the "traveling" time.
C)  the "searching" time.
D)  the "wandering" time.

Question 6

Slave marriages were

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A)  recognized as legal only in the North.
B)  recognized as legal if the slaves had written permission from their owners to marry.
C)  recognized as legal only if both slaves had the same owner.
D)  not recognized as legal.

Question 7

Most European ethnic groups

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A)  no longer have minority status.
B)  are discriminated against.
C)  have a diminishing sense of ethnicity.
D)  are experiencing an increase in male dominance.

Question 8

The greatest diversity of American family life probably existed among

Accepted Answer

A)  the European colonists.
B)  the Native Americans.
C)  African-Americans.
D)  immigrants to America.

Question 9

Write an essay identifying the four important factors that initiated changes in contemporary American families.Give examples of each.

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Question 10

Among Hispanics, which group has the highest socioeconomic status?

Accepted Answer

A)  Cuban Americans.
B)  Mexican Americans.
C)  Puerto Rican Americans.
D)  Argentine Americans.

Question 11

What percentage of children living with a single parent lives with their mother?

Accepted Answer

A)  85 percent
B)  79 percent
C)  50 percent
D)  38 percent

Question 12

American marriages and families are dynamic and must be understood as the products of wider _____ developments.

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural
B)  demographic
C)  technological
D)  all of the above

Question 13

The nineteenth century witnessed the most dramatic decline in fertility in American history dropping by

Accepted Answer

A)  10%.
B)  90%.
C)  66%.
D)  50%.

Question 14

Which social class is largest?

Accepted Answer

A)  upper class
B)  upper middle class
C)  middle class
D)  lower class

Question 15

In Colonial families, adolescence

Accepted Answer

A)  was considered to be an important transitional stage.
B)  was celebrated with many rituals.
C)  involved strenuous rights of passage for both boys and girls.
D)  did not exist as a separate life stage.

Question 16

Society's perception of childhood has varied little over the course of American history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Despite the considerable variations among tribal groups, two aspects of Native American families that are important are

Accepted Answer

A)  extended families and high rates of intermarriage.
B)  tribal identities and acculturation.
C)  migration and tribal identities.
D)  monogamy and extended families.

Question 18

All of the following statements apply to Chinese-American families EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  they tend to have higher levels of income than the general population.
B)  women do not work outside the home.
C)  they tend to have conservative sexual values.
D)  they tend to be better educated than the general population.

Question 19

Most Native American families in the Colonial Era practiced

Accepted Answer

A)  polygamy.
B)  polyandry.
C)  polygyny.
D)  monogamy.

Question 20

On average, colonial women had eight children and were consistently bearing children until around age 40.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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Most European ethnic groups

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