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Question #1
Watch the short video, "Wedding Advice: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace" (less than 5 minutes): https://wwnorton.com/common/mplay/6.11/?p=/college/soc/&f=Wedding_Advice&cc=1 (Links to an external site.) Then, respond to the questions presented in this quiz. According to a commentator in the video, the wedding industry uses which of the following strategies to increase profits on wedding attire?
A.   promoting multiple marriage partners
B.   purposely selling oversized dresses that will require additional altering
C.   promoting multiple wedding ceremonies
D.   selling union-made dresses made in the United States
Question #2
The video illustrates numerous examples of how men and women are socialized to have certain expectations about marriage with regard to the opposite sex. For example, men are taught to prefer and expect certain things from their wives. This reflects which concept?
A.   exogamy
B.   propinquity
C.   heteronormativity
D.   polygyny
Question #3
In the video, we see that society shapes marriage differently for men and for women. For example, women may be taught to depend on a husband, while men are often taught to have a negative expectation of marriage (thus devaluing women). Based on these different messages, marriage is structured as a site of stratification between husbands and wives. Given this, the analysis is based on which theoretical perspective?
A.   socialist
B.   conflict
C.   symbolic interactionist
D.   structural functionalist
Question #4
In the study of different societies, sociologists have documented examples of polygyny. When we compare those findings with the ones in the video, a sociologist is most likely to conclude about family that:
A.   families are a primary vehicle for personality stabilization.
B.   given the historical evidence, the nuclear family is not a myth.
C.   while there is no natural form for marriage, same-sex and heterosexual marriages require two partners.
D.   family forms are socially constructed.

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