Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the “Submit my answers” button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:

Tampons soaked in crocodile dung were used as a form of birth control in which ancient culture?
a) Ancient Greece
b) Ancient Egypt
c) Ancient South Africa
d) Ancient British Columbia

Question 2:

When was the use of birth control removed from the Canadian Criminal Code?
a) 1936
b) 1951
c) 1969
d) 1977

Question 3:

Which of the following methods of birth control is most effective assuming normal but not perfect use?
a) Condoms
b) Withdrawal
c) A cervical cap
d) Spermicide

Question 4:

What typical of birth control becomes much less effective once a woman has had a child?
a) A diaphragm
b) A cervical cap
c) An intra-uterine device
d) Female condoms

Question 5:

Which of the following is the most effective of the following birth control choices (assume “typical use”)?
a) The mini pill
b) The diaphragm
c) Male condoms
d) The sponge

Question 6:

If a woman has a 28-day menstrual cycle, with day 1 being the first day of menstrual bleeding, on which days is a woman least likely to become pregnant?
a) Days 1 to 9 and 20 to 28
b) Days 1 to 4 and 14 to 24
c) Days 10 to 19
d) Days 5 to 13

Question 7:

When compared to other methods of coping with unplanned pregnancies, where does adoption rank?
a) It is the most popular.
b) It is second to emergency contraception.
c) It is a more popular choice than abortion.
d) It appears to be the least popular option.

Question 8:

Which of the following birth control methods requires the least amount of effort for a woman to use regularly?
a) A diaphragm
b) Depo-Provera
c) The mini pill
d) An intra-uterine device

Question 9:

Which method of birth control is significantly less popular in developing countries than in developed countries?
a) The intra-uterine device
b) Condoms
c) The birth control pill
d) Sterilization

Question 10:

NuvaRing can be a problematic form of birth control for women because it can cause which side effect?
a) Pelvic inflammatory disease
b) Vaginitis
c) Vaginal dryness
d) Allergic reaction

Higher Education

Human Sexuality: Chapter 7