Practice Quiz Family & Community. 

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1. The process of contracting several marriages in succession--marriage, divorce, and remarriage.


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2. Marriage based on the family ties rather than the couple's personal preferences.


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3. Acts of violence (or neglect) directed at the elderly (often by family members).


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4. Living together in a sexual relationship of some permanence, without being legally married.


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5. A form of marriage in which a man may have more than one wife.


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6. Unpaid work carried on in and around the home such as cooking, cleaning and shopping. Studies show that the bulk of this labor is carried out by women despite the predominance of dual-income families.

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7. The family we create through marriage.

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8. A typically small group of individuals standing in an enduring personal relationship to one another--examples would include parents, spouse, or close friends

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9. The family into which an individual is born.

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10. According to Toennies, social organization based on loose personal ties, self interest, rationalization, and impersonality.

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