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Marriage, Family, and Domestic Groups MCQ

The likelihood of divorce is ________ if partners belong to different faiths.

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Correct Answer: High

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Sororate is the custom whereby when a man’s wife dies, her _____ is given to him as a wife.

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Correct Answer: Sister

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Sororal Polygyny is a form of polygyny in which a man marries_____.

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Correct Answer: Sister

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A rule permitting a man to have more than one wife at a time is known as Polyandry.

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Correct Answer: False

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A rule allowing more than one spouse is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Polygamy

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A rule permitting a woman to have more than one husband at a time is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Polyandry

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System under which a bride lives with her husband’s family after marriage is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Patrilocal Residence

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Nuclear Family is a family organized around the conjugal tie (the relationship between husband and wife) and consisting of a______

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Correct Answer: All of these

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System under which a couple establishes an independent household after marriage is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Neolocal Residence

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A rule that limits a person to be married to only one spouse at a time is known as______

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Correct Answer: Monogamy

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Matrilocal Residence is a system under which a husband lives with his _____ family after marriage.

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Correct Answer: Wife’s

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Marriage refers to the _____ that establish a socially endorsed relationship between adults and children as well as between the kin groups of the married partners.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Levirate is the custom whereby a man marries the widow of a deceased_____.

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Correct Answer: Brother

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Incest Taboos are prohibitions on _____ relations between relatives.

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Correct Answer: Sexual

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Fraternal Polyandry is a custom whereby a woman marries a man and his_____

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Correct Answer: Brothers

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Extended Family is the family based on blood relations extending over _____ or more generations.

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Correct Answer: Three

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Exogamy is a rule specifying that a person must marry outside a particular group.

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Correct Answer: True

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A rule prescribing that a person must marry within a particular group is known as______

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Correct Answer: Endogamy

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Presentation of goods by the bride’s kin to the family of the groom or to the couple is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Dowry

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An aggregate of nuclear families linked by a common spouse is known as______

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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Goods presented by the groom’s kin to the bride’s kin to legitimize a marriage is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Both b and c

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The cultural rule that a man must work for his bride’s family for a variable length of time _____ the marriage.

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Correct Answer: Before or after

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Blended Families refer to kinship networks occasioned by divorce and remarriage in the united states that include the previously divorced spouses and _____

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Avunculocal Residence is a system under which a married couple lives with the_____

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Correct Answer: Husband's mother’s brother

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The process by which senior family members exercise a great degree of control over the choice of their children’s spouses is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Arranged Marriage

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For a population to be at “replacement rate,” that is to not grow or shrink, how many children does the average woman need to have?

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Correct Answer: 2.1

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Which residence rule organizes marriage and families around a husband joining his wife’s family in their residence after marriage?

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Correct Answer: Matrilocal residence

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In premodern China, which family relationship was considered most important in the household?

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Correct Answer: Father and son

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Which of the following family arrangements describes a married couple and their children?

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Correct Answer: Nuclear family

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Which of the following is the most common form of marriage exchange?

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Correct Answer: Bride wealth

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Which of the following groups is associated with the practice of fraternal polyandry?

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Correct Answer: The Toda of India

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In the polygynous Tiwi, why do men tend to try and marry older women before marrying younger women?

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Correct Answer: Older women are more skilled gathers and therefore better providers.

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Polygynous relationships are most often associated with ______.

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Correct Answer: Agricultural or horticultural societies where labor is critical and land is plentiful

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Where the levirate and sororate exist as cultural traditions, what is the most significant role they play?

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Correct Answer: They protect alliances made between families.

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In unilineal descent groups, which of the following kin relationships would be considered exogamous in marriage?

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Correct Answer: Cross-cousins

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In United States, there was historically a legally enforced practice of endogamy between members of different ______.

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Correct Answer: Racial groups

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According to ______, humans have an innate aversion to mating with people with whom they are closely related.

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Correct Answer: Psychologically based theories

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Which of the following is found in all societies’ prescriptions for marriage and relationships?

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Correct Answer: The incest taboo

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What is the incest taboo?

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Correct Answer: A prohibition on certain groups of kin having sex with each other

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Most human societies regulate sexual relations because ______.

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Correct Answer: Humans are receptive to sex at all times and not just in cycles

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