Wedding Bellsor Not Exam Questions Chapter 4

a. 

Negative and positive interactions are equal.

b. 

Each negative interaction is balanced by four or five positive ones.

c. 

Couples who never fight are the most highly satisfied.

d. 

Partners do not idealize each other.

a. 

endogamy

b. 

polygamy

c. 

polyamory

d. 

polyandry

a. 

Same-sex marriage is now legal.

b. 

Adultery is grounds for divorce.

c. 

Most marriages are based on romantic love.

d. 

Cohabitation is less common than marriage.

a. 

We are socialized to believe that marriage is a “natural” state for adults.

b. 

Marriage provides couples with an enforceable trust.

c. 

Marriage is regarded as a principal career for most women.

d. 

For certain cohorts, social life tends to be organized on a “couples” basis.

a. 

aggressive

b. 

non-assertive

c. 

strategic

d. 

empathic

a. 

legal annulment

b. 

marriage following divorce

c. 

consummated marriages

d. 

polygamous marriages

a. 

the baby boom

b. 

more women working

c. 

higher levels of cohabitation

d. 

declining birth rates

a. 

coupling

b. 

mating

c. 

cohabitation

d. 

adultery

a. 

a recent immigrant in Toronto

b. 

a never-married woman in Calgary

c. 

a francophone in Montreal

d. 

a Sikh in Vancouver

a. 

love

b. 

money

c. 

commitment

d. 

emotion

a. 

It is a luxury that everyone should have.

b. 

It satisfies emotional needs for the couple.

c. 

It gives the couple a sense of identity.

d. 

It challenges heteronormative bias.

a. 

polyarmory

b. 

exogamy

c. 

incest taboo

d. 

endogamy

a. 

the right to practise serial monogamy without penalty

b. 

financial support for women and personal care for men

c. 

a much greater chance for happiness than cohabitation does

d. 

a legal and social status not gained through cohabitation

a. 

becoming part of the wife’s family

b. 

deciding to have children

c. 

isolation from extended family members

d. 

commitment to a new family system

a. 

one man married to several sisters

b. 

one woman married to several husbands

c. 

two women married to each other

d. 

one man married to two women

a. 

Hardly anyone got married.

b. 

Marriages were delayed.

c. 

Nearly everyone got married.

d. 

People got married very young.

a. 

cooperation to ensure physical survival

b. 

use of contraceptives to free up sexual activity

c. 

the implied enforceable trust

d. 

the idea of romantic love

a. 

conflicted

b. 

traditional

c. 

vitalized

d. 

ignorant

a. 

The divorce rate is declining.

b. 

Fewer women are getting married.

c. 

It is possible for single parents to raise children.

d. 

More women are choosing to cohabit rather than to marry.

a. 

Their rights and obligations regarding their assets and liabilities are often more advantageous for the female partner.

b. 

Their rights and obligations regarding their assets and liabilities are the same as if they were married.

c. 

Their rights and obligations regarding their assets and liabilities are often not very well defined by law.

d. 

Their rights and obligations regarding their assets and liabilities are very well defined by federal law.

a. 

They lost a bet.

b. 

They want to help someone immigrate.

c. 

They are in love.

d. 

Their parents arranged the union.

a. 

Marriage is advantageous for both men and women.

b. 

Marriage is more advantageous for men.

c. 

Marriage is more advantageous for women.

d. 

Marriage is more advantageous for same-sex couples.

a. 

It can impose an unfair settlement on the couple.

b. 

It allows one partner to deceive another over property.

c. 

It presupposes the couple will separate.

d. 

It fails to protect the business interests of either person.

a. 

Grooms are generally around two years older than brides.

b. 

Grooms are generally around the same age as brides.

c. 

Brides are generally around two years older than grooms.

d. 

Grooms are generally around five years older than brides.

a. 

They are equal in all ways to those who are married.

b. 

They do not have the same property rights as married couples.

c. 

They cannot expect to receive child support if they separate.

d. 

They share property equally if they separate.

a. 

in case one partner wants to cheat the other of his or her rights

b. 

in case partners want to opt out of the provisions of family law

c. 

so that the couple can get a divorce without legal hassles

d. 

so that custody of children will be decided if the couple divorces

a. 

one man married to several women at the same time

b. 

one woman married to several husbands at the same time

c. 

two women married to each other at the same time

d. 

one man married to one woman

a. 

the federal government

b. 

the provincial governments

c. 

the municipal governments

d. 

the Catholic Church

a. 

when the first child is born

b. 

when teenagers are in the house

c. 

when the children are toddlers

d. 

when the last child moves out

a. 

Many more individuals will choose to marry than cohabit.

b. 

Same-sex couples will ensure that the number of marriages will increase.

c. 

Marriage is favoured in law above other relationships and has more rights.

d. 

Marriage still has high social value.

a. 

They are always tricky, regardless of ethnic group.

b. 

They are most difficult for gay and lesbian couples.

c. 

They are most important for couples in interracial marriages.

d. 

They are more important for some ethnic groups than others.

a. 

arranged marriage

b. 

infatuation marriage

c. 

vacation marriage

d. 

marriage of convenience

a. 

More people are homosexual.

b. 

The United Nations declared it to be a human right.

c. 

Homophobia no longer exists.

d. 

It is legal.

a. 

sexual rights and property rights

b. 

rights to sexual faithfulness and the right to be treated kindly

c. 

support rights and investment rights

d. 

property rights and support rights

a. 

different cultural traditions

b. 

problems with privacy

c. 

issues with extended family members

d. 

disagreement over parenting

a. 

planning your response while your partner is speaking

b. 

making sure you show anger each time you argue

c. 

ensuring important issues are raised even if your partner is exhausted

d. 

considering how your words will affect your partner’s feelings

a. 

They have no rights.

b. 

They can require a church to marry them.

c. 

They have the right to marry legally.

d. 

They have rights only under a cohabitation agreement.

a. 

compersion

b. 

cohabitation

c. 

communality

d. 

confusion

a. 

if they are legally married

b. 

if they have lived together for three years

c. 

if they have a child together

d. 

if it was an arranged marriage

a. 

the right to use family assets

b. 

the right to have cars and other possessions made joint property

c. 

the right to have a child

d. 

the right to abuse your partner

a. 

the right to be treated kindly

b. 

the right to consent to the sale of family assets

c. 

the right to use family assets

d. 

the right to expect sexual access to the spouse

a. 

It is the contract implied when people marry each other.

b. 

It is an agreement usually drawn up by common-law spouses to protect their property rights.

c. 

It is a method of ensuring a fair division when a partner’s financial situation changes.

d. 

It is a legal document that alters the effect of the law.

a. 

Cohabitors are happier because they choose to stay together.

b. 

Cohabitors are not as committed to their relationship.

c. 

Cohabitors are less likely to experience violence in their union.

d. 

Cohabitors are less likely to have an affair with an outsider.

a. 

non-assertive

b. 

direct aggression

c. 

passive aggression

d. 

non-verbal messages

a. 

as a sign that the couple is in danger of separating

b. 

as a sign that the relationship needs attention

c. 

as needing to be suppressed to preserve marital happiness

d. 

as a sure sign of a vicious cycle in the relationship

a. 

They end in divorce more often than marriages without prior cohabitation.

b. 

They are more stable than marriages without prior cohabitation.

c. 

They face greater risk of separation if the partners cohabited only once.

d. 

They are at the same risk of disruption as marriages entered directly.

a. 

arranged couple

b. 

mixed couple

c. 

intentional couple

d. 

multi-ethnic couple

a. 

Cohabitors are less likely to separate or divorce.

b. 

Cohabitors are more likely to separate after five years of marriage.

c. 

Cohabitors are more likely to separate if they cohabited more than once.

d. 

Cohabitors are more committed when they eventually marry.

a. 

They often communicate emotion more accurately than words.

b. 

They cannot be relied on because they are not as clear as words.

c. 

They shouldn’t be sent because not everyone can read them.

d. 

They can lead to a vicious cycle because they are ambiguous.

a. 

structural functionalist

b. 

feminist

c. 

symbolic interactionist

d. 

conflict theorists

a. 

one man married to several women at the same time

b. 

one woman married to several husbands at the same time

c. 

two men married to each other at the same time

d. 

one man married to two women but divorced between each marriage

a. 

It used the “notwithstanding” clause to opt out of same-sex marriage.

b. 

It passed the Civil Marriage Act, permitting same-sex marriage.

c. 

It passed the Adult Interdependent Relations Act, which applied to various close relationships.

d. 

It required all clergy to marry same-sex couples in spite of their beliefs.

a. 

People always consider financial factors before marrying.

b. 

Earning potential is considered when choosing a spouse.

c. 

Marriage for money reasons occurs only in developing countries.

d. 

Financial factors should make no difference to the decision to marry.

a. 

older married women

b. 

born-again Christians

c. 

women planning to have large families

d. 

those whose parents divorced

a. 

Sociologists have hardly ever studied cohabitors.

b. 

Cohabitation includes a wide variety of relationships.

c. 

The 2011 Census did not ask about cohabitation.

d. 

Many cohabitors don’t tell the truth in interviews.

a. 

The proportion of people cohabiting is increasing.

b. 

Most people in a common-law relationship eventually marry.

c. 

The laws are changing to make cohabitation the same as marriage.

d. 

Fewer common-law relationships break up.

a. 

bridesmaids, best man, and ushers

b. 

the honeymoon

c. 

the wedding ring

d. 

the white wedding gown

a. 

balanced marriage

b. 

devitalized marriage

c. 

financially focused marriage

d. 

harmonious marriage

a. 

couple autonomy

b. 

voluntary childlessness

c. 

the extended family

d. 

intermarriage

a. 

It will no longer collect information on marriage and divorce rates.

b. 

It will introduce a new method for collecting information on marriage and divorce rates.

c. 

It will have a special department dedicated to collecting data on marriage and divorce rates.

d. 

It will continue to collect information on marriage and divorce rates.

a. 

They will need to adapt to the norms of a patriarchal culture.

b. 

They will have to reconcile the expectations of their different cultures.

c. 

They will be unable to deal with issues concerning their “we-ness.”

d. 

They will have communication problems because they don’t speak English.

a. 

Same-sex couples have a traditional division of household labour.

b. 

Same-sex couples specialize in tasks earlier than heterosexual couples.

c. 

Same-sex couples have an equitable division of household labour.

d. 

Most same-sex couples don’t perform household tasks.

a. 

It has been increasing over the past decades.

b. 

It has been declining over the past decades.

c. 

It is higher now than at any other time since Confederation.

d. 

It has remained constant over the past decades.

a. 

the legal recognition and benefits that come with marriage

b. 

the greater social acceptability of marriage

c. 

the greater show of love and affection among married people

d. 

to look like heterosexual couples

a. 

the couple’s level of happiness at the beginning of the study

b. 

whether or not the couple had children

c. 

the couple’s communication style

d. 

the couple’s income

a. 

It would decrease.

b. 

It would increase.

c. 

It would stay the same.

d. 

Most people will delay marriage.

a. 

permission for the newly married couple to have sexual relations

b. 

public acknowledgment that a new family has been created

c. 

reciprocating all the invitations the couple and their family received in the past

d. 

acceptance of the fact the partners have been cohabiting

a. 

Cohabitors report poorer quality relationships.

b. 

Cohabitors are less likely to want children.

c. 

Cohabitors share housework more equally.

d. 

Cohabitors tend to be less violent toward their partners.

a. 

money

b. 

education

c. 

constraints

d. 

careers

a. 

per capita weddings

b. 

total marriage frequency

c. 

per capita marriage rate

d. 

marriage rate

a. 

emotional needs and commitment

b. 

a means of economic survival

c. 

a method of regulating sexual behaviour

d. 

a setting in which to raise children

a. 

It devalues women.

b. 

It lets women avoid housework.

c. 

It encourages later marriages.

d. 

It cheapens marriage.

a. 

Refusing to have sex with your partner can be grounds for divorce.

b. 

A person cannot be charged with sexually assaulting a spouse.

c. 

Having sexual relations with another person can be grounds for divorce.

d. 

A person can legally stop supporting a spouse who refuses sexual relations.

a. 

If a family consisting of one husband and several wives applies for immigration to Canada, should they all be accorded marital status?

b. 

How do we know what is the best for other people in their relationships?

c. 

If someone is happy sharing their lover with someone else, should the government make this illegal?

d. 

If someone wants to marry more than one person at a time, is this wrong so long as they don’t impose their views on others?

a. 

as the principal career and greatest fulfillment for a woman

b. 

as a partnership with male and female roles clearly separated

c. 

as mainly a setting in which to raise children

d. 

as a source for self-fulfillment and emotional growth

a. 

It is a ritual marking the change in status and roles among all family members.

b. 

It is a solemn vow between two people to love each other always.

c. 

It is a private acknowledgement that these people are now married.

d. 

It has economic spinoffs, for example for reception halls and tuxedo rental stores.

a. 

Spending a lot of time talking is a key to marital happiness.

b. 

It is more important than reading a partner’s nonverbal messages.

c. 

It directly affects the way in which couples solve problems.

d. 

You can make your partner come around to your point of view.

a. 

renegotiate

b. 

forfeit

c. 

fight over

d. 

recommit to

a. 

negotiating roles with extended family

b. 

managing “firsts”

c. 

unequal division of household labour

d. 

frequency of sexual activity

a. 

people delaying marriage for education

b. 

stronger ties to religious groups

c. 

fewer women in the workforce

d. 

rise in precarious employment

a. 

She will accelerate the timing of life transitions and form a family sooner.

b. 

She will probably get married before she graduates.

c. 

She is less likely to get married than a woman without a university degree.

d. 

She will delay the timing of life transitions, including family formation.

a. 

Françoise from Quebec

b. 

Rupinder from Ontario

c. 

Simon from Alberta

d. 

Mei Li from British Columbia

a. 

Those who were happy in the beginning were more likely to stay happy.

b. 

Those who were happy in the beginning were more likely to decline in happiness.

c. 

Those who were dissatisfied in the beginning are more likely to increase in happiness.

d. 

It’s unclear how happiness has had an impact on marriage.

a. 

one man married to several women at the same time

b. 

one woman married to several husbands at the same time

c. 

two women married to each other at the same time

d. 

one man married to two women but divorced between each marriage

a. 

Cohabiting females had higher education.

b. 

Married females had higher education.

c. 

Cohabiting females had lower incomes.

d. 

Married females had higher incomes.

a. 

more patriarchal

b. 

more masculine

c. 

more democratic

d. 

more traditional

a. 

who can perform the ceremony

b. 

relatives who cannot marry

c. 

the number of marriage partners

d. 

the location of the wedding ceremony

a. 

Higher levels of employment allowed single mothers to raise children.

b. 

Marriage provided an identity for the wife.

c. 

Childbearing became separated from sexual activity.

d. 

It didn’t matter if the woman had premarital sexual experience.

a. 

a partnership contract

b. 

a cohabitation agreement

c. 

a marriage contract

d. 

an exclusionary statement

a. 

The proportion of Canadians getting married is increasing.

b. 

Canadians who do marry are doing so at a younger age than ever before.

c. 

Canadians who do marry are doing so at an older age than ever before.

d. 

Most people in Canada will never get married.

a. 

Quebec

b. 

Newfoundland

c. 

Alberta

d. 

Saskatchewan

a. 

being a virgin was a sign of a woman’s purity and devotion to her husband

b. 

to ensure that land was inherited only by biological descendants of the husband

c. 

to ensure she did not have more sexual experience than her new husband

d. 

to ensure that she hadn’t previously had children

a. 

developmental theory

b. 

feminist theory

c. 

conflict theory

d. 

structural functionalist theory

a. 

propinquity

b. 

adultery

c. 

celibacy

d. 

fidelity

a. 

conservative married couples

b. 

younger males with higher incomes

c. 

older males with lower incomes

d. 

older females with lower incomes

a. 

by proving in court that they contributed to gaining such assets

b. 

as a matter of course because they are married in common law

c. 

by showing that they will be in financial need without a share

d. 

by proving they have a relationship of some permanence

a. 

to increase their status

b. 

because they are very romantic

c. 

to make beautiful babies

d. 

to provide a sense of identity

a. 

In societies where status and power is granted to men, women are exploited.

b. 

There are trade-offs between men’s and women’s roles that benefit both of them.

c. 

Families provide for the well-being of the family through emotional support and encouragement.

d. 

The family ensured survival of its members through separate roles for men and women.

a. 

one man is married to several women at the same time

b. 

one woman is married to several husbands at the same time

c. 

one man is married to a woman, and then he also marries each of her sisters

d. 

one man is married to three women, but is divorced between each marriage

a. 

communication and commitment

b. 

commitment and forgiveness

c. 

communication and forgiveness

d. 

commitment and satisfaction

a. 

depending first on each other for satisfaction of their needs

b. 

learning to accept their roles of husband and wife

c. 

gaining a sense of identity as a family

d. 

renewing emotional ties with the family of origin

a. 

Manny and Frank will not be embarrassed to tell anyone if they ever get divorced.

b. 

Manny and Frank are more likely to have higher levels of commitment to their relationship.

c. 

Manny and Frank may have problems in their relationship because others will be interfering.

d. 

Manny and Frank will try to encourage their homosexual friends and family members to marry as well.

a. 

changing family roles and rules

b. 

parenting their grandchildren

c. 

ignoring their child’s spouse

d. 

moving away from their children

a. 

younger

b. 

earn more

c. 

live in urban areas

d. 

gay

a. 

It may result in a custody battle.

b. 

It may be perceived as a way out of the marriage.

c. 

It may impose an unfair financial settlement.

d. 

It may result in adultery.

a. 

Most people do not want to talk about it.

b. 

There are varying definitions of infidelity.

c. 

Infidelity is illegal in Canada.

d. 

Most researchers are not interested in this topic.

a. 

Marriage provides “an enforceable trust.”

b. 

People who are married are considered socially superior.

c. 

Marriage is a way to guarantee sexual fidelity.

d. 

Extended families place a great deal of pressure on dating and cohabiting couples.

a. 

5-15 percent

b. 

15-25 percent

c. 

25-50 percent

d. 

50-75 percent

a. 

There has been little change in the level reported since 1980.

b. 

Levels of conflict appear to have increased since 1985.

c. 

Many more couples report being dissatisfied since 1990.

d. 

The level of interaction between spouses has increased since 1995.