Multiple Choice Quiz

Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1		Which of the following is a consequence of the decline in mortality in the twentieth century?
			A)	Women, but not men, are living longer lives than 100 years ago.
			B)	Both men and women are living longer than 100 years ago.
			C)	Men tend to outlive women.
			D)	Few of the elderly today will live long enough to know their grandchildren.
2		Which is true of the standard of living of the elderly?
			A)	On the average, older people have less money than they did a few decades ago.
			B)	A larger proportion of the elderly today have incomes below the poverty level than the total population.
			C)	Older men are more likely to be poor than older women.
			D)	A larger percentage of the elderly than the non-elderly have incomes that place them just above the poverty level, falling between the poor and the middle class.
3		Which of the following is NOT true regarding the living arrangements of the elderly?
			A)	Most elderly widows today live alone.
			B)	The vast majority of elderly men are married and living with their wives.
			C)	Most elderly Americans prefer to live separately from their grown children and share "intimacy at a distance."
			D)	Seven out of ten elderly widows live with their adult kin.
4		The majority of seriously disabled elderly persons today are cared for
			A)	in private homes by family members.
			B)	in group care facilities by paid staff.
			C)	in nursing homes.
			D)	in hospitals.
5		Grandma's insistence on saving the last bit of food and serving it again as leftovers may best be thought of as an example of
			A)	an intergenerational misunderstanding.
			B)	the cohort replacement model of values.
			C)	"kin-keeping."
			D)	an individual personality quirk.
6		The relationship that appears to have the biggest influence on intergenerational solidarity is:
			A)	the father-son relationship.
			B)	the father-daughter relationship.
			C)	the mother-son relationship.
			D)	the mother-daughter relationship.
7		Among Japanese families
			A)	it has never been traditional for elderly parents to live with their adult children.
			B)	more married women under 50 today have a negative view of caring for elderly parents than in the past.
			C)	the three-generation household is as common today as earlier in the twentieth century.
			D)	the custom of filial piety requires the elderly to live alone.
8		Which factor contributes to the problems with Social Security funding?
			A)	the greed of the elderly
			B)	an increase in the proportion of the elderly in the population
			C)	rising health care costs
			D)	the lack of a current surplus in the fund
9		Research has shown that the gains in life expectancy in recent years
			A)	have increased the number of years of healthy life for most people.
			B)	have added years during which people are ill and disabled.
			C)	increased the number of years where people may have chronic illnesses but are not bedridden.
			D)	are the same for whites as for nonwhites.
10		Women in the middle:
			A)	are those caring for their children and elderly parents at the same time.
			B)	refers to women who are the second wives of their husbands.
			C)	usually play this role for a significant portion of their adult lives.
			D)	have been found to receive substantial assistance from the men in their lives.