DBFA 300 Midterm Quiz
DBFA 300 Quiz Midterm
- The book of the Bible that speaks to the image of God in man.
- American families are more stable today than a generation ago.
- Levitan believed that the breakdown of the family would not have a debilitating effect on quality of life.
- God’s design for marriage was always “one man for one woman, for a lifetime.”
- Bennett mentioned out of wedlock births exceeding 40% in 15 cities.
- Marriage is sometimes a covenant commitment.
- A marriage is most successful when there is a commitment of two believers to one another and to God.
- Regarding Tommy Nelson’s thoughts on correcting issues affecting society, he suggested a return to all but one of the following.
- Since 1960, the marriage rate declined by:
- Men and women have more in common with one another than they have differences.
- After America won its independence, there was a down surge of divorce.
- More than two million children per year are involved in divorce.
- 70% of children living with a divorced mother are in poverty.
- There is great common understanding of marriage and family today.
- Divorce affects men more than women economically.
- Creationism was described as the Achilles Heel of Atheism.
- The notion of marriage as a second best option would form one of the reasons that Protestant reformers would rebel against the Catholic Church.
- In America today, it is more difficult to obtain a divorce than it is to fire an employee.
- The median duration of first marriages is 8 years.
- Bennett believes that no-fault divorce should not be repealed.
- What did the Gallup poll list as a top reason for divorce in the late 1980’s?
- When the Bible encourages the husband to “love your wife,” the love mentioned is considered which of the following?
- The only exception to the problematic nature of marriage today was Imperial Rome.
- Which president stated “liberty of divorce” both preserves liberty of affections” and “prevents and cures domestic quarrels.”
- Americans who believe that families should stay together for the sake of the children continues to increase.
- 86% of unhappily married couples who stay together find that five years later their marriages are happier.
- The husband has the responsibility to:
- Daycare cannot measure up to the devotion of a mother.
- Which was not a reason for the upsurge of divorce in the 1920’s?
- Marriage was in part created by man.
- By the mid-1920’s, one of every seven marriages ended in dissolution.
- Those who marry as teens divorce much less than those who marry in their twenties.
- Government control of religious liberties is a benefit to society.
- In what way does the government regulate family life?
- After the Great Depression, divorce rates sunk to an all time low.
- Jesus taught that there was no forgiveness available for broken covenant commitments.
- The church in the 1900’s embraced a secular social gospel rather than providing solutions to secularism.
- James Madison said, “People are right to take alarm at the first advance on religious Liberty.”
- The increased participation of women in the workforce has been bad in all respects.
- Which governor signed into law the first no-fault divorce law?
- John Adams said, “We have no government armed with the power capable contending with human passion unbridled by morality and religion.”
- Pastor Tommy Nelson mentioned our country originally had a biblical framework of nature.
- If you love other people, you should not be intolerant.
- The greatest infringement on religious rights in the military is “don’t ask don’t tell.”
- Since God cares about human suffering, Christians should make humanitarian investments.
- After America won its independence, there was a down surge of divorce.
- _______ is the elephant in the living room, the topic no one wants to talk about.
- Cohabitation is replacing marriage with those in their 40’s and 50’s today.
- Children of divorce show a greater propensity to:
- The peak rate for divorce was in 1980.