31.Divorced people who cohabit before remarrying tend to increase their chances of:
a.divorcing within five years.
b.living in poverty.
c.marital success.
d.having large families.
32.Although the divorced person may cohabitate because they are cautious, it will increase stress for:
a.their children.
b.their partner.
c.their friends.
d.their extended family.
33.Charlie has been supportive of Tricia through her divorce, move, and getting back on her feet. According to your text, Charlie is a:
a.serial monogamist.
b.transition person.
c.May-December person
d.supportive person.
34.The divorced may marry quickly for all these reasons
EXCEPT:
a.jealousy.
b.loneliness.
c.insecurity.
d.they don't know how to live any other way.
35.Many widowed individuals are psychologically unable to remarry because they feel disloyal to:
a.former in-laws.
b.the deceased spouse.
c.their close friends.
d.a transition person.
36.The most common reaction to remarriage is:
a.jumping at the first chance to remarry.
b.living together but avoiding legal marriage.
c.careful, cautious testing of the relationship.
d.avoiding it unless "swept away" by love.
37.Cox and Demmitt believe that remarried partners must make a special effort to free themselves from attitudes and behaviors that stem from:
a.religious guilt.
b.the first marriage.
c.childhood experiences.
d.parental influences.
38.When Cox and Demmitt say "ghosts at the table" are present in second marriages, they mean that:
a.children from a first marriage make things difficult.
b.the basic personalities of the spouses don't change at all.
c.former spouses influence the newly married pair.
d.childhood experiences interfere with intimacy.
39.A remarriage between divorced persons is more difficult than a first marriage for all the following reasons
EXCEPT:
a.each may have low self-esteem.
b.the past relationship is never really over.
c.the remarriage that involves children is more complicated.
d.the partners lack experience.
40.Ninety percent of stepfamilies are:
a.stepfather families.
b.stepmother families.
c.childless.
d.include children from both parents.