Sociology Quiz

1.
A form of marriage in which a person can have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time is called:
A) serial monogamy.
B) polygyny.
C) polygamy.
D) serial polygamy.
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Correct Answer(s): A
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2.
A denomination is a:
A) relatively small religious group that has broken away from some other religious organization to renew what it views as the original vision of the faith.
B) generally small, secretive religious group that represents either a new religion or a major innovation of an existing faith.
C) religious organization that claims to include most or all of the members of a society and that is recognized as the national or official religion.
D) large, organized religion
that is not officially linked with the state or government.
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Correct Answer(s): D

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3.
Which of the following would be an example of liberation theology?
A) a Catholic church in South America that leads a movement to earn equal rights for poor women
B) the role of Martin Luther King, Jr., and other religious leaders in the civil rights movement in the U.S. in the 1960s
C) the leadership of Pope John Paul II among Catholic clergy adhering to traditional pastoral duties
D) all of these
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Correct Answer(s): A

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4.
Which of the following is the way the textbook defines a domestic partnership?
A) two unrelated persons who reside together, and agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents and other common necessities
B) none of these
C) two unrelated adults who share a mutually caring relationship, reside together, and agree to be jointly responsible for their dependents, basic living expenses, and other common necessities
D) two related persons who reside together, and agree to be jointly responsible for basic living expenses and other common necessities
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Correct Answer(s): C

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5.
What roles do women play in organized religion that would offset some of the conflict perspective's criticisms?
A) religious educators
B) volunteers
C) all of these
D) staff
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Correct Answer(s): C

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6.
What term did Max Weber use to refer to a disciplined work ethic, this-worldly concerns, and a rational orientation to life emphasized by John Calvin and his followers?
A) the sanctuary movement
B) liberation theology
C) the Protestant ethic
D) predestination
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Correct Answer(s): C

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7.
In the U.S., endogamous rules stressed by many groups include marriage within:
A) all of these
B) one's own sexual group.
C) one's own ethnic and religious group.
D) one's own family group.
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Correct Answer(s): C

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8.
The feeling of exaltation that a person has when hearing a choir sing is characterized as a religious:
A) experience.
B) belief.
C) ritual.
D) value.
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Correct Answer(s): A

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9.
The great majority of Muslims in the United States are which type?
A) Black Muslim
B) Shia
C) Sunni
D) Shiite
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Correct Answer(s): C

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10.
Which event began the controversy over whether the biblical account of creation should be presented in public school curricula?
A) the Kansas twister of ‘34
B) Federal Education Funding Bill of 1972
C) the "monkey trial" of
Scopes
D) the 1962 Supreme Court case
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Correct Answer(s): C

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11.
A religious organization that is recognized as the national or official religion is known as a (an):
A) sect.
B) denomination.
C) cult.
D) ecclesia.
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Correct Answer(s): D

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12.
Patrilineal descent refers to a:
A) kinship system that favors the relatives of the father.
B) society in which men are expected to dominate family decision making.
C) pattern of residence in which a married couple lives with the husband's parents.
D) kinship system in which both sides of a person's family are regarded as equally important.
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Correct Answer(s): A

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13.
Which small religious group has a considerable voice in the governance of India due to the significant presence of its members in the military?
A) Buddhists
B) Jains
C) Sikhs
D) Hindus
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Correct Answer(s): C

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14.
A woman and her husband, her children, her parents, her mother-in-law, her sister, a parakeet, two Irish setters, a cow, and five chickens live together on a farm in the Midwest. This is an example of a:
A) city.
B) family.
C) community.
D) nuclear family.
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Correct Answer(s): B

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15.
Which sociologist published a book in 1904 in which he noted that it was no mere coincidence that an overwhelming number of business leaders, owners of capital, and skilled workers were Protestants, not Catholics?
A) Karl Marx
B) Friedrich Engels
C) Max Weber
D) Émile Durkheim
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Correct Answer(s): C

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16.
Which is the single largest faith in the world?
A) Hinduism
B) Islam
C) Christianity
D) Judaism
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Correct Answer(s): C

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17.
Which of the following does the text define as a family?
A) a set of people related by blood, marriage (or some other agreed-upon relationship), or adoption who share the responsibility for reproducing and caring for members of society
B) a married couple and their unmarried children living together
C) all of these
D) two unrelated adults who have chosen to share each other's lives in a relationship of mutual caring
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Correct Answer(s): A

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18.
Which of the following is true regarding Islam?
A) Muslim governments do not reinforce Islamic practices through laws.
B) Islam in more individualistic in its expression than Christianity.
C) Muslims vary sharply in their interpretations of traditions.
D) Islam recognizes Jesus as the son of God.
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Correct Answer(s): C

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19.
The increasing divorce rate in the U.S.
is attributable to:
A) greater opportunities for women.
B) all of these
C) more liberal divorce laws.
D) a general increase in family incomes and free legal aid.
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Correct Answer(s): B

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20.
A matriarchy is a society in which:
A) women hold no authority at all.
B) men hold greater authority than women.
C) women hold greater authority than men.
D) women and men hold equal amounts of authority.
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Correct Answer(s): C

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21.
Which sociological perspective suggests that denial of the right to marry reinforces the second-class status of gays and lesbians?
A) labeling theory
B) interactionist perspective
C) functionalist perspective
D) conflict perspective
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Correct Answer(s): D

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22.
The debate over religion inside public schools in the United States is understood under the broader context of:
A) separation of church and state.
B) religious rituals.
C) the protestant ethic.
D) liberation theology.
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Correct Answer(s): A

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23.
Which sociological perspective notes the ways in which the family gratifies the needs of its members and contributes to the stability of
society?
A) functionalist perspective
B) feminist perspective
C) conflict perspective
D) interactionist perspective
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Correct Answer(s): A

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24.
In 1981, 16 percent of wives earned more than their husbands; what was the percentage as of 2005?
A) 26 percent
B) 22 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 24 percent
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Correct Answer(s): A

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25.
What is the general term for a marriage in which an individual can have several husbands or wives at the same time?
A) monogamy
B) polygamy
C) polyandry
D) polygyny
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Correct Answer(s): B