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1
The difference between erotica and pornography:
A)is clearly defined by the legal code.
B)has to do with what kinds of sexual acts are shown.
C)depends on how arousing the material is.
D)appears to be a subjective judgment.
2
In his article, "Naked Capitalists," Frank Rich stated that Americans spend the most money on which of these pastimes?
A)football
B)video pornography
C)baseball
D)basketball
3
Barbie, Flo, and Tiffany are watching a type of erotic video called "femme porn." In what way would the movie they are watching differ from "mainstream" erotic videos?
A)It includes dominant men with huge, erect penises.
B)It includes acquiescent women.
C)It includes emotional intimacy.
D)It includes violence.
4
Research on pornography finds that most forms of sexually explicit material:
A)are violent.
B)contain excessive amounts of aggression and violence.
C)focus heavily on subjugating and raping women.
D)contain very little aggression, physical violence, or rape.
5
Which man would be most likely to show a preference for violent sexual stimuli?
A)Adam, who has relatively low intelligence and high levels of aggression
B)Ben, who has relatively high intelligence and high levels of aggression.
C)Carl, who has relatively low intelligence and low levels of aggression.
D)Damien, who has relatively high intelligence and low levels of aggression.
6
Which form of pornography is not covered by the Constitutional right of free speech?
A)"femme porn"
B)mainstream pornography
C)child pornography
D)None of these is covered by the First Amendment right to free speech.
7
Which of the following is NOT one of the criteria used for determining what is obscene?
A)The dominant theme of the work appeals to prurient sexual interests and portrays sexual conduct in a patently offensive way.
B)The work, as a whole, is without serious literary, artistic, political, or scientific value.
C)A "reasonable" person would find the work, when taken as a whole, to possess no social value.
D)Sexual acts that are clearly deviant or destructive are presented in a positive light.
8
Writing for the majority on the Supreme Court's 2004 ruling about the use of filtering software on home computers, Justice Kennedy noted that:
A)the government's attempt to limit explicit materials on the Web is unconstitutional.
B)filters are fallible and therefore should not be relied upon.
C)filters may be too expensive for most parents to buy.
D)filters are ineffective because they depend on adequate parental supervision.
9
The least common form of prostitution is:
A)women selling sex to men.
B)women selling sex to women.
C)men selling sex to women.
D)men selling sex to men.
10
Prostitutes:
A)typically begin working in their profession as teenagers.
B)separate sex as a physical act for which they are paid from sex as an expression of intimacy and pleasure.
C)are as likely as anyone else to have been sexually abused as children.
D)usually connect with pimps after they have been in the profession for a while.
11
Who is most likely to have a pimp?
A)Andrea, who is a call girl.
B)Bea, who has worked in a Nevada brothel for ten years.
C)Carlos, a male prostitute.
D)Dolores, an adolescent prostitute.
12
Which sex worker would have the highest status and least social stigma?
A)Heidi, a call girl
B)Richard, a male prostitute
C)Carlotta, a streetwalker
D)Dolly, who works in a brothel
13
The Supreme Court's 1986 ruling in Bowers v. Hardwick, which was struck down in 2003, upheld a state's right to criminalize:
A)prostitution.
B)sodomy.
C)pornography.
D)spousal abuse.
14
SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, supports:
A)a ban on same-sex marriages.
B)legislation that criminalizes homosexual conduct.
C)the right of individuals to make responsible sexual choices.
D)parental notification of a minor's pregnancy or plan to have an abortion.
15
The criminalization of adolescent prostitution:
A)helps rehabilitate adolescent prostitutes.
B)acknowledges that these youngsters are being victimized.
C)is a way to get adolescent prostitutes off the streets and into counseling, schooling, and training for other more productive jobs.
D)overlooks the fact that adolescent prostitutes are more often victims than criminals.







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