Choose the correct answer for each question. You should aim for 90% or more for this quiz

1. Which of the following would argue that the family is in decline? (choose one answer)

   1.   ?    Marxists
   2.   ?    Feminists
   3.   ?    Postmodernists
   4.   ?    The New Right

2. Which of the following would argue that changes in family life are a matter of individual choice rather than decline? (choose one answer)

   1.   ?    Postmodernists
   2.   ?    The New Right
   3.   ?    Functionalists
   4.   ?    Feminists

3. In the UK, which change in family life has been of most concern to the New Right? (choose one answer)

   1.   ?    Divorce
   2.   ?    Single parents
   3.   ?    People living on their own
   4.   ?    Same-sex partnerships

4. True or false? There are twice as many divorces now as in 1993

   1.   ?    True
   2.   ?    False

5. What percentage of families with children are one-parent families?

   1.   ?    1 in 12
   2.   ?    1 in 4
   3.   ?    1 in 10

6. Which sociologist argues that changes in family life have been exaggerated?

   1.   ?    Talcott Parsons
   2.   ?    Jessie Bernard
   3.   ?    Charles Murray
   4.   ?    Robert Chester

7. Why do functionalists argue that children brought up in lone-parent households are not being properly socialised? (choose one answer)

   1.   ?    Because lone-parent households have no norms
   2.   ?    Because there is no male role model
   3.   ?    Because being a single parent is too much hard work

8. What evidence do feminists produce that rising divorce is the product of changes in the role of women?

   1.   ?    More women are working outside the home
   2.   ?    Women are more independent
   3.   ?    Most divorces are requested by women

9. When the divorce rate goes up, does this mean that the number of marriage breakdowns also rises?

   1.   ?    Yes
   2.   ?    No

10. What is serial monogamy? (choose one answer)

    1.   ?    Being married once
    2.   ?    Being married to several people
    3.   ?    Having several partners in a lifetime, but one at a time