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:

The difference between polygamous relations and polyamorous relations rests with the fact that ________.
a) polygamy involves one man having multiple wives whereas polyamory involves both men and women having access to multiple partners
b) women have access to multiple partners
c) women having multiple partners and women having single partners
d) polyamory involves one man having multiple wives whereas polygamy involves both men and women having access to multiple partners

Question 2:

According to structural functionalism, social pluralism works for sexual and ________ minorities.
a) racial
b) religious
c) ethnic
d) visible

Question 3:

Many large corporations view the adoption of domestic-partner benefit policies and a commitment to ________ as the “right thing to do” because it gives them access to a wider pool of potential employees.
a) gender equality
b) diversity
c) Anglo-conformity
d) heterosexism

Question 4:

Research finds that hostile attitudes towards lesbians and gays are correlated ________.
a) negatively with fundamentality
b) positively with instability
c) positively with fundamentality
d) positively with immutibility

Question 5:

The existence of same-sex partners, especially those with children, forces us to re-examine ________.
a) what makes a family
b) what families do
c) what we want from families
d) all of the above

Question 6:

The health problems encountered by LGBT people may ________.
a) not be caused by homophobia
b) worsen because of homophobia
c) get out of control by insensitivities of doctors
d) all of the above

Question 7:

Stephen O. Murray’s studies on homosexuality have incorporated the concept developed by Raymond Breton of the University of Toronto. This concept is called ________.
a) gay bashing
b) institutional completeness
c) appearance norms
d) immutability

Question 8:

The Aboriginal concept of “two-spirit” denotes North American Aboriginal thinking about ________.
a) alternative representations of sexuality and gender
b) status symbol
c) religious ritualism
d) mental illness

Question 9:

Most sociologists today subscribe to the essentialist school, which means that ________.
a) homosexuality is the result of nurture, not nature
b) homosexuality is the result of nature, not nurture
c) homosexuality is not related to biology
d) homosexuality is a learned social behaviour

Question 10:

Some people today have begun to consider ________ to be a sexual orientation.
a) asexuality
b) romanticism
c) patriarchy
d) feminism

Question 11:

People with visible disabilities are seen as asexual.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

The term “polyamory” refers to simultaneous engagement in multiple loving and consensual adult relationships.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

The two-spirited concept among the Aboriginal people has not helped the Aboriginal gay rights activists.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

According to structural functionalism, anything that upsets clear role expectations and situational norms is socially constructive.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Men are more tolerant of homosexuality then women.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Homophobia refers to fear and hatred of homosexuals.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Most gay rights activists today agree that one is not born gay and therefore, it is a choice.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

Bill C 250 of 2004 declares that spreading hateful views about other people’s sexual orientation is a crime.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

One of the greatest changes in recent years in Canada has been the recognition of sexual orientation as a legally-protected personal domain.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Feminists are reluctant to support same-sex marriage because in doing so they could reinforce patriarchal ideals.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Social Problems, Fourth Edition: Chapter 05