11.Originally the term "step" in stepfather and stepmother meant:
a."second."
b."orphan."
c."surrogate."
d."half."
12.From the remarriage statistics, we can conclude that divorce mainly serves as:
a.an escape hatch from marriage.
b.a justification for singlehood.
c.an excuse for sexual experimentation.
d.a recycling mechanism for improving marital situations.
13.In light of the definition of serial monogamy, it would be reasonable to assume that:
a.Americans are not allowed to have several spouses simultaneously.
b.widowed people have high remarriage rates.
c.a lot of women in their forties have never been married.
d.remarriage rates were much higher in past centuries.
14.Cox and Demmitt attribute the low remarriage rate of the widowed to:
a.chronic disease.
b.religious beliefs.
c.limited choices.
d.pessimistic attitudes.
15.Most people who return to the single life involuntarily tend to find it:
a.frightening.
b.exhilarating.
c.a minor transition.
d.similar to married life.
16.Most divorced people are ready to return to the single social life:
a.immediately after their married friends abandon them.
b.about a year after the divorce.
c.when family members advise them to do so.
d.after signing the divorce papers.
17.Sexual experimentation is fairly common among newly divorced people who were:
a.married for more than ten years.
b.granted no-fault divorces.
c.married in the late 1960s.
d.rejected by their spouses.
18.The main purpose of many singles clubs is to:
a.get single people involved in politics.
b.introduce people to new acquaintances.
c.provide child care for single parents.
d.educate singles about STDs.
19.What advantage does Internet dating provide?
a.It creates a meat market of available people to meet.
b.People on dating sites are typically more honest in their words and pictures.
c.Anonymity allows people to reveal as much or little as they want during early interactions.
d.Internet dating is a cheap alternative to going to singles clubs.
20.Technology has found a place in the single life in the form of:
a.cell phones.
b.video games.
c.Internet dating.
d.fax machines.