MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.Most divorced people tend to marry:
a.men or women who have never been married.
b.other divorced people.
c.a widowed individual.
d.someone they meet at work.
2.In general, men tend to remarry:
a.to punish their ex-wife.
b.for status and social acceptance.
c.more quickly than women.
d.without expecting the marriage to survive.
3.Which of the following divorced women is least likely to remarry?
a.Joan, a Ph.D. in her mid-fifties
b.Stacy, a 24-year-old high school graduate
c.Chris, a 19-year-old without a job going to college part-time
d.Sue, a 35-year-old nurse
4.Liz is a successful lawyer. She was married for 29 years before getting a divorce three years ago. At age 58, the chances that Liz will marry again are:
a.highly likely.
b.somewhat likely.
c.not likely.
d.more likely than her ex-husband’s chances.
5.The only category in which brides are generally older than their grooms are marriages of:
a.first-married couples.
b.never-married women and divorced men.
c.divorced men and divorced women.
d.previously-married women and never-married men.
6.Which of the following is an example of a May-December marriage?
a.Jon is 30 and Fred is 34.
b.Christine is Hispanic and Adam is African American.
c.Edith is 70 and Karl is 75.
d.Jon is 50 and Rachel is 30.
7.Which of the following couples has a May-December marriage?
a.a 60-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman
b.a 50-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man
c.a 20-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman
d.a 75-year-old man and a 78-year-old woman
8.Marilyn is 54 years old and Jeff is 38 years old. If Marilyn and Jeff marry, their marriage will be called a:
a.July-December marriage.
b.May-December marriage.
c.serial marriage.
d.remarriage.
9.The interval between the time of divorce and reentering a new relationship is shorter when consideration is given to:
a.age difference.
b.infidelity.
c.children in the relationship.
d.cohabitation.
10.Most remarriages in past centuries occurred because of:
a.widowhood.
b.divorce.
c.desertion.
d.annulments.