Reading Quiz D

According to Pope Benedict XVI, the human person is defined by his relations to others.

• True

• False

Another name for the Christian family is the Institutional Church.

• True

• False

According to the textbook, the family is a social group constructed out of larger groups of people who needed more intimate relationships with fewer persons.

• True

• False

You learn much from family life, including but limited to religion, morality, and how to interact with others.

• True

• False

There are four characteristics of true marriage: partiality, unity, potential for dissolution, and fruitfulness.

• True

• False

Marriage, according to the Catholic Church, is ultimately ordered to the procreation of children (fecundity) and the good of the spouses (fidelity).

• True

• False

The Catholic Church views marriage as a purely natural institution.

• True

• False

According to the textbook, marriages preceded by cohabitation are 46% less likely to end in divorce.

• True

• False

Same-sex unions are truly marriages because they involve the complementarity of sexes, lifelong bonds, and the possibility of bearing children.

• True

• False

Despite the fact that same-sex "marriage" is evil, Catholics (along with everyone else) are called to treat those persons with homosexual attractions with the same dignity and respect as is due anyone else.

• True

• False