Lesson 4 Quiz

Mark Each Question True (T) or False (F)

1 Preparation for marriage begins with habits we start to acquire in T
early childhood.
2 In preparing for marriage, priority should be given to the T
material preparation because a job, a place to live, etc., are
needed immediately.
3 The purpose of courtship is mutual understanding with a view T
towards possible future marriage.
4 A couple should wait until after they are formally engaged before F
discussing differences of religion, attitudes concerning children,
the budget, social relations, etc.
5 "Absence makes the heart grow fonder." Therefore, the secret of F
successful courtship is for a young couple to see each other only
at rare intervals.
6 Mutual understanding cannot be achieved until long after F
marriage.
7 A profound emotional love for each other automatically includes F
mutual understanding.
8 "Marry in haste and repent at leisure" is usually false. F
9 Little white lies are sometimes necessary during the period of F
courtship.
1 "Alls fair in love and war." F
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1 Courtship should always be a preliminary to marriage. T
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1 Marriage should always result from courtship. T
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1 It is a duty for you to reveal a serious fault or weakness that T
3 would endanger the peace and happiness of your future home.
1 Serious courtship implies an honest attempt to understand the T
4 person who may become your lifelong partner.
1 Sexual liberties that would be seriously sinful at any other time T
5 are not permissible during courtship either.
1 A prolonged courtship is ideal because the longer the F
6 engagement, the better chance there is of achieving mutual
understanding before marriage.
1 Before starting to keep company in courtship, a person should T
7 be in a position to be able to plan marriage within the
comparatively near future.
1 Even if it becomes apparent that marriage is entirely out of the F
8 question, a couple is quite justified in continuing their exclusive
company-keeping.
1 During courtship, you should date many others so as to have F
9 sufficient standards by which to compare and evaluate your
future partner.
2 Courtship is a persons last chance to "paint the town before F
0 settling down." Most people are more ready to settle down to a
quiet domestic life after a hectic courtship.
2 Under modern conditions, supervision during courtship is F
1 entirely unnecessary.
2 Double dating (having another healthy-minded couple along on T
2 your dates) is a wise policy.
2 A young couple who always want to be alone, are inviting T
3 trouble.
2 Considering modern conditions, the Church takes the question of F
4 mixed marriage too seriously.
2 Provided a person avoids a mixed marriage, there are no other F
5 religious questions to be settled and discussed during courtship.
2 Courtship is too soon to make plans for our mutual sanctification. F
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2 Questions concerning the number and education of children F
7 settle themselves naturally after marriage. Hence its a waste of
time to discuss these matters before marriage.
2 "Love of money is the root of all evil." For the sake of your F
8 mutual love and happy marriage, you should never discuss
money matters.
2 To marry with the intention of having no children at all is very F
9 wise, psychologically.
3 Birth prevention cuts off babies forever from the opportunity for F
0 eternal happiness. They get no second chance to be born.
3 31. The purpose of marriage is primarily the development of F
1 ones own personality.
3 On account of the demands imposed by his work, the husband Is F
2 dispensed from responsibility in the matter of his children’s
upbringing.
3 Although parents must see to their children’s natural growth F
3 from infancy to maturity, it is the duty of priests and nuns
exclusively to care for the children’s supernatural growth.
3 Religious practices in the home have no influence upon how a F
4 child will meet the difficulties of life outside the home.
3 Disagreements concerning the children should be settled in their F
5 presence as they are the ones who are most vitally affected.
3 Any agreement concerning how money should be managed after F
6 marriage must obviously wait until after you are actually
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3 As a result of their discussions, a couple planning on marriage do F

7 well in deciding to have a certain number of children and no
more than that.
3 In view of present-day conditions affecting the family, wives and F
8 mothers can better exert a Christianizing influence by working
outside the home than by remaining at home.
3 It’s poor taste in the modern home to have holy pictures in the F
9 living room.
4 In dealing with "in-laws," a married couples first loyalty is to T
0 each other.
4 Young people miss a lot of fun by constantly going out instead of F
1 making their own fun at home.
4 An engagement is a promise that cannot be broken under any F
2 circumstances.
4 To be validly married, a Catholic couple must first contract a F
3 solemn engagement.
4 Any serious reason is a sufficient reason to justify breaking an T
4 engagement.
4 In view of the closeness of their wedding day, it is quite F
5 permissible for an engaged couple to indulge in sexual
enjoyments.
4 A couple who do not make sacrifices for each other, are not T
6 really in love.
4 To produce best results, courtship should begin when a person is F
7 about fourteen years of age.
4 The normal scene of courtship is the girls home. T
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4 A simple engagement obliges a person in conscience to contract F
9 marriage with the betrothed.
5 There are real advantages to discreet supervision during F
0 courtship.