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Student: ___________________________________________________________________________
1. Historically in the United States, and in some developing nations today, __________ has/have
played an important part in the selection of a spouse.
A. parents
B. love
C. the couple itself
D. pregnancies
2. Which of the following did not contribute to the end of traditional courtship patterns in the United
States?
A. migration from rural areas to cities

B. higher standards of living
C. growth in passionate love as a basis for marriage
D. extended adolescence
3. Living together without marrying would be more common among the poor of a society primarily
because
A. of loose morals.
B. of different values.
C. it matters less who is morally or legally bound to whom.
D. there is less social stigma.
4. Dating
A. shifted the balance of power in favor of women

B. was a system of exchanging goods for companionship
C. had its heyday from 1945-1970
D. was rare until 1920
5. A marriage in which the emphasis is on self-development, flexible roles, and open communication
is called
A. institutional marriage
B. companionate marriage
C. individualistic marriage
D. companionable marriage
6. The breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage
A. flourished in the 1950s

B. was the norm between 1945 and 1975
C. still flourishes today
D. is all but extinct
7. A marriage in which the emphasis is on affection, sexual gratification and friendship is called
8. Courtship
A. is a process that began in the 1900s in the United States

B. began with young men calling on young women in their homes
C. is publicly visible and has rules and restrictions
D. all of the above are true about courtship
9. With the emergence of adolescence as a recognized life stage for teenagers, the high school and
college years gave young people
A. a protected time relatively free of parental involvement.

B. an incentive to marry young.
C. an incentive to help the family economically.
D. more restrictions from parents.
10. Historians Lynd & Lynd (1929) concluded that in the 1920s, young adults wanted
A. sexual allure
B. emotional fulfillment
C. romantic love
D. domesticity
11. After the 1900s, the key resource that young people in the United States gained, which changed
a centuries-old system of courtship was:
A. education.
B. land.
C. inheritance.
D. spending money.
12. A primary component of the early system of dating was that
A. couples had to have sexual intercourse in order to know if they were compatible.
B. couples let their parents pick the date.
C. the man was expected to pay for all the expenses of the date.
D. the couple expected to make all decisions about the date jointly.
13. Which of the following is not a factor in the rise of the love marriage in other countries?
A. migration flows
B. they are not compatible with gender inequality
C. exposure to Western media
D. urbanization and the shift to wage labor
14. Burgess, a family sociologist,
A. felt that the individualized type of marriage was the best form
B. did not foresee the dual-earner marriage overtaking the breadwinner-homemaker marriage
C. predicted that the bread-winner homemaker marriage model could not last
D. that men and women should have an equal share of the household chores
15. Hooking up
A. became common in the 2000s

B. does not always imply sexual intercourse
C. does not imply romantic attraction
D. all of the above
16. Increasingly, people in American society enter into marriage because:
A. they enjoy the openness, self-disclosure, communication, and mutual dependence that
marriage brings.
B. of dissatisfaction with the dating scene.
C. they want to increase their level of personal satisfaction.
D. of the spiritual side of marriage.
17. Which of the following was not a factor in changing the nature of marriage from companionship to
individualization?
A. a rise in the standard of living

B. increasing economic independence of young women
C. the exposure of women to new ideas beyond the home
D. the migration of large numbers of people to rural areas
18. The institutional marriage is marked predominately by
A. equal sharing of household chores and childcare.

B. mutual respect.
C. an attachment based on love and caring.
D. strict roles dictating how one is to behave within the family unit.
19. Compared to women with less education and lower earnings, the specialization model predicts
that women with more education and higher earnings are __________ likely to marry while the
income-pooling model predicts they are __________ likely to marry.
A. less; more
B. more; less
C. equally; more
D. equally; less
20. Recent studies suggest that cohabitation is
A. an alternative way of being single

B. a testing ground for marriage
C. an alternative to marriage
D. all of the above
21. Matching Quiz
1. a model of the marriage market in which

both spouses work for pay and pool their
incomes. courtship ____
2. stable, intimate relationship between two
people who live in the same household, individualized
married or not marriage ____
3. single individuals search for others who specialization
are marriageable model ____
4. dating shifted power to them union ____
5. marriage in which the emphasis is on
affection, friendship, and sexual gratification marriage market ____
6. a marriage in which the emphasis is on
self development and flexible roles men ____
7. legal relationship exclusively for same-sex companionate
couples in the United Kingdom marriage ____
8. living arrangement in which two unmarried
adults have a sexual relationship and share income-pooling
living space model ____
9. publicly visible process with rules and
restrictions through which men and women
find marriage partners hooking up ____
10. a model of marriage in which women
specialize in housework and child care cohabitation ____
11. a sexual encounter with no further domestic
expectation of further involvement partnerships ____
12. marriage in which emphasis is on male
authority, duty, and conformity to social institutional
norms marriage ____
22. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, companionship and sexual fulfillment became
more important to a successful marriage.
True False
23. The courtship process was developed in the United States.
True False
24. The institutional marriage refers to an emphasis on male authority, duty, and conformity to social
norms.
True False
25. The marriage bargain now includes the expectation that both spouses will contribute to the family
income.
True False
26. In Mexico, the ideal of marriage is changing from respect to trust and intimacy.
True False
27. Two-thirds of all births listed are to cohabiting couples.
True False
28. In the 2000s in the United States, premarital cohabitation has increased from being the
experience of a few to being commonplace.
True False
29. The shift toward a more individualized marriage is accompanied with an emphasis on affection,
friendship, and sexual gratification.
True False
30. Parental influence over children's marriage choices is most effective and direct when there is land
or wealth to pass on.
True False
31. In most states, cohabitation is the only form of partnership available to gays and lesbians.
True False
32. Men with higher earning potential are more likely to seek women with the same type of earning
potential than they were a generation ago.
True False
33. Explain how marriage is still important today as a symbol of status and prestige.
34. How might marriage be beneficial to people?
35. Discuss the rise and fall of dating.
36. Why do people still marry?

37. Why, traditionally, have the poor been more likely than the non-poor to substitute living together
for legal marriage?
38. How does organized religion support marriage today?
39. Describe the differences and similarities between opposite sex and same-sex couple
cohabitation.
40. What is the marriage market and how does it work?

41. Describe and explain the current context of marriage.
42. Explain how the automobile helped change courtship patterns in the United States.
43. What social trends led to the increase in independent living among young people in the mid to
late twentieth century?
44. What factors contributed to the recognition of adolescence as a stage of life in the United States?
45. Discuss what is meant when people refer to a positive selection into marriage and a negative
selection out of marriage.
46. How has the marriage bargain changed over the past 50 years?
47. How did Maud look at the difference between romantic love and spiritual love and which did she
choose?
7 Key
1. Historically in the United States, and in some developing nations today, __________ has/have
(p. 209) played an important part in the selection of a spouse.
A. parents
B. love
C. the couple itself
D. pregnancies
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2. Which of the following did not contribute to the end of traditional courtship patterns in the
(p. 210- United States?
211)
A. migration from rural areas to cities

B. higher standards of living
C. growth in passionate love as a basis for marriage
D. extended adolescence
3. Living together without marrying would be more common among the poor of a society primarily
(p. 214) because
A. of loose morals.
B. of different values.
C. it matters less who is morally or legally bound to whom.
D. there is less social stigma.
4. Dating
(p. 211-
212)
A. shifted the balance of power in favor of women

B. was a system of exchanging goods for companionship
C. had its heyday from 1945-1970
D. was rare until 1920
5. A marriage in which the emphasis is on self-development, flexible roles, and open
(p. 226) communication is called
6. The breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage

(p. 224-
225)
A. flourished in the 1950s

B. was the norm between 1945 and 1975
C. still flourishes today
D. is all but extinct
7. A marriage in which the emphasis is on affection, sexual gratification and friendship is called
(p. 224)
8. Courtship
(p. 210)
A. is a process that began in the 1900s in the United States

B. began with young men calling on young women in their homes
C. is publicly visible and has rules and restrictions
D. all of the above are true about courtship
9. With the emergence of adolescence as a recognized life stage for teenagers, the high school
(p. 210) and college years gave young people
A. a protected time relatively free of parental involvement.

B. an incentive to marry young.
C. an incentive to help the family economically.
D. more restrictions from parents.
10. Historians Lynd & Lynd (1929) concluded that in the 1920s, young adults wanted
(p. 223-
224)
A. sexual allure
B. emotional fulfillment
C. romantic love
D. domesticity
11. After the 1900s, the key resource that young people in the United States gained, which
(p. 210) changed a centuries-old system of courtship was:
A. education.
B. land.
C. inheritance.
D. spending money.
12. A primary component of the early system of dating was that

(p. 211)
A. couples had to have sexual intercourse in order to know if they were compatible.
B. couples let their parents pick the date.
C. the man was expected to pay for all the expenses of the date.
D. the couple expected to make all decisions about the date jointly.
13. Which of the following is not a factor in the rise of the love marriage in other countries?
(p. 228-
229)
A. migration flows
B. they are not compatible with gender inequality
C. exposure to Western media
D. urbanization and the shift to wage labor
14. Burgess, a family sociologist,

(p. 224-
225)
A. felt that the individualized type of marriage was the best form
B. did not foresee the dual-earner marriage overtaking the breadwinner-homemaker marriage
C. predicted that the bread-winner homemaker marriage model could not last
D. that men and women should have an equal share of the household chores
15. Hooking up
(p. 212)
A. became common in the 2000s

B. does not always imply sexual intercourse
C. does not imply romantic attraction
D. all of the above
16. Increasingly, people in American society enter into marriage because:

(p. 242)
A. they enjoy the openness, self-disclosure, communication, and mutual dependence that
marriage brings.
B. of dissatisfaction with the dating scene.
C. they want to increase their level of personal satisfaction.
D. of the spiritual side of marriage.
17. Which of the following was not a factor in changing the nature of marriage from
(p. 227) companionship to individualization?
A. a rise in the standard of living

B. increasing economic independence of young women
C. the exposure of women to new ideas beyond the home
D. the migration of large numbers of people to rural areas
18. The institutional marriage is marked predominately by

(p. 222)
A. equal sharing of household chores and childcare.

B. mutual respect.
C. an attachment based on love and caring.
D. strict roles dictating how one is to behave within the family unit.
19. Compared to women with less education and lower earnings, the specialization model predicts
(p. 237- that women with more education and higher earnings are __________ likely to marry while the
238)
income-pooling model predicts they are __________ likely to marry.
A. less; more
B. more; less
C. equally; more
D. equally; less
20. Recent studies suggest that cohabitation is

(p. 220-
221)
A. an alternative way of being single

B. a testing ground for marriage
C. an alternative to marriage
D. all of the above
21. Matching Quiz
(p. 209-
238)
1. a model of the marriage market in which

both spouses work for pay and pool their
incomes. courtship 9
2. stable, intimate relationship between two
people who live in the same household, individualized
married or not marriage 6
3. single individuals search for others who specialization
are marriageable model 10
4. dating shifted power to them union 2
5. marriage in which the emphasis is on
affection, friendship, and sexual gratification marriage market 3
6. a marriage in which the emphasis is on
self development and flexible roles men 4
7. legal relationship exclusively for same-sex companionate
couples in the United Kingdom marriage 5
8. living arrangement in which two unmarried
adults have a sexual relationship and share income-pooling
living space model 1
9. publicly visible process with rules and
restrictions through which men and women
find marriage partners hooking up 11
10. a model of marriage in which women
specialize in housework and child care cohabitation 8
11. a sexual encounter with no further domestic
expectation of further involvement partnerships 7
12. marriage in which emphasis is on male
authority, duty, and conformity to social institutional
norms marriage 12
22. In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, companionship and sexual fulfillment
(p. 223) became more important to a successful marriage.
TRUE
23. The courtship process was developed in the United States.

(p. 210)
FALSE
24. The institutional marriage refers to an emphasis on male authority, duty, and conformity to
(p. 222) social norms.
TRUE
25. The marriage bargain now includes the expectation that both spouses will contribute to the
(p. 239) family income.
TRUE
26. In Mexico, the ideal of marriage is changing from respect to trust and intimacy.
(p. 228)
TRUE
27. Two-thirds of all births listed are to cohabiting couples.

(p. 216)
FALSE
28. In the 2000s in the United States, premarital cohabitation has increased from being the
(p. 216) experience of a few to being commonplace.
TRUE
29. The shift toward a more individualized marriage is accompanied with an emphasis on
(p. 226) affection, friendship, and sexual gratification.
FALSE
30. Parental influence over children's marriage choices is most effective and direct when there is
(p. 209) land or wealth to pass on.
TRUE
31. In most states, cohabitation is the only form of partnership available to gays and lesbians.
(p. 221)
TRUE
32. Men with higher earning potential are more likely to seek women with the same type of
(p. 239) earning potential than they were a generation ago.
TRUE
33. Explain how marriage is still important today as a symbol of status and prestige.
(p. 242)
Answer will vary
34. How might marriage be beneficial to people?

(p. 235)
Answer will vary
35. Discuss the rise and fall of dating.

(p. 211-
212)
Answer will vary
36. Why do people still marry?

(p. 231-
231)
Answer will vary
37. Why, traditionally, have the poor been more likely than the non-poor to substitute living
(p. 214) together for legal marriage?
Answer will vary

38. How does organized religion support marriage today?
(p. 233-
234)
Answer will vary
39. Describe the differences and similarities between opposite sex and same-sex couple
(p. 214- cohabitation.
221)
Answer will vary
40. What is the marriage market and how does it work?

(p. 236-
240)
Answer will vary
41. Describe and explain the current context of marriage.

(p. 230-
240)
Answer will vary
42. Explain how the automobile helped change courtship patterns in the United States.
(p. 210)
Answer will vary

43. What social trends led to the increase in independent living among young people in the mid to
(p. 213- late twentieth century?
214)
Answer will vary
44. What factors contributed to the recognition of adolescence as a stage of life in the United
(p. 211) States?
Answer will vary
45. Discuss what is meant when people refer to a positive selection into marriage and a negative
(p. 235) selection out of marriage.
Answer will vary
46. How has the marriage bargain changed over the past 50 years?
(p. 237-
241)
Answer will vary
47. How did Maud look at the difference between romantic love and spiritual love and which did
(p. 208- she choose?
209)
Answer will vary

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A. migration from rural areas to cities

A. shifted the balance of power in favor of women

6. The breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage

A. flourished in the 1950s

A. is a process that began in the 1900s in the United States

A. a protected time relatively free of parental involvement.

12. A primary component of the early system of dating was that

14. Burgess, a family sociologist,

A. became common in the 2000s

16. Increasingly, people in American society enter into marriage because:

A. a rise in the standard of living

18. The institutional marriage is marked predominately by

A. equal sharing of household chores and childcare.

A. an alternative way of being single

21. Matching Quiz

1. a model of the marriage market in which

23. The courtship process was developed in the United States.

27. Two-thirds of all births listed are to cohabiting couples.

34. How might marriage be beneficial to people?

35. Discuss the rise and fall of dating.

36. Why do people still marry?

38. How does organized religion support marriage today?

40. What is the marriage market and how does it work?

A. migration from rural areas to cities

A. shifted the balance of power in favor of women

6. The breadwinner-homemaker model of marriage

A. flourished in the 1950s

A. is a process that began in the 1900s in the United States

A. a protected time relatively free of parental involvement.

12. A primary component of the early system of dating was that

14. Burgess, a family sociologist,

A. became common in the 2000s

16. Increasingly, people in American society enter into marriage because:

A. a rise in the standard of living

18. The institutional marriage is marked predominately by

A. equal sharing of household chores and childcare.

20. Recent studies suggest that cohabitation is

A. an alternative way of being single

1. a model of the marriage market in which

23. The courtship process was developed in the United States.

27. Two-thirds of all births listed are to cohabiting couples.

Answer will vary

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34. How might marriage be beneficial to people?

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35. Discuss the rise and fall of dating.

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36. Why do people still marry?

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40. What is the marriage market and how does it work?

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41. Describe and explain the current context of marriage.

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