Practice Quiz for Marriage Rules Part I

No. of Questions= 13

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1 Rules of exogamy:
a) require that marriage be outside some defined social group
b) require that marriage be within some defined social group
c) require that every adult must marry
d) A and C
2 Committing incest would be an infringement against an ___________ rule.
a) endogamy
b) exogamy
c) both of the above
d) none of the above
3 Which of the following statements is true about mate selection rules?
a) North Americans commonly are constrained by rules of exogamy but not endogamy.
b) No culture defines cousins as preferred mates since it would be incest.
c) Social distance is irrelevant in determining exogamy and endogamy rules.
d) all of the above statements are true
e) none of the above statements is true
4 First cousin marriage is preferred in:
a) rural India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
b) Western Europe and North America
c) Middle Eastern Arab societies
d) A and C
e) none of the above
5 Who are ego's parallel cousins in the diagram below?
diagram of an extended family with some members labeled with letters
a) E and F
b) C, D, G, and H
c) C, D, I, and J
d) A, B, I, and J
6 By marrying his patrilateral parallel cousin, a Bedouin man marries:
a) the closest female relative other than his mother, aunts, and sisters
b) within his extended family
c) his mother's sister's daughter
d) A and B
e) all of the above
7 Who are ego's cross cousins in the diagram below?
diagram of an extended family with some members labeled with letters
a) A, B, G, and H
b) A, B, C, and D
c) G, H, I, and J
d) none of the above
8 Among the Yanomamö Indians of Brazil and Venezuela, the cultural preference is:
a) to marry a parallel cousin
b) for two men to marry each other's sisters
c) to practice lineage endogamy
9 Which of the following is the most common form of marriage around the world?
a) monogamy
b) polygyny
c) polyandry
10 Which of the following is a form of polygamy?
a) serial monogamy
b) polygyny
c) polyandry
d) B and C
e) all of the above
11 Which of the following statements is true regarding polygyny?
a) The rationale for a man to have more than one wife is usually a combination of more sexual partners, more children, and, above all, increased social prestige.
b) Polygyny is most common today in East Asia.
c) Polygyny is most common today in Europe.
12 Which of the following statements is true about polyandry?
a) It results in the inefficient running of family farms when husbands seasonally work in cities and other locations far from their community.
b) It is usually sororal polyandry
c) It is usually fraternal polyandry
13 Which of the following statements is true regarding polyandry?
a) It usually places an increased domestic work load on a wife compared to a monogamous marriage arrangement.
b) It is mostly practiced in Africa.
c) In recent years, the introduction of the Western notion of romantic love has reinforced polyandrous marriages.

 


 

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