Test Bank For
Understanding Human Sexuality 8ce By Janet Shibley Hyde, John D. DeLamater, Sandra Byers,
Lucia O'Sullivan
Chapter 1-18 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
Student name:__________
1) According to the text, the term ______ can refer to the state of identifying as male, female, or
trans.
A) sexual anatomy
B) gender
C) sexual behavior
D) sex
2) According to the text, sexual behavior is defined as
A) penis-in-vagina intercourse.
B) the behavior that is chiefly associated with reproduction.
C) the behavior that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm.
D) the sexual activity that is associated with masculine and feminine roles in some way.
3) Which of the following societies openly acknowledged homosexuality and heterosexuality?
A) the ancient Greeks
B) twentieth-century Chinese
C) fifteenth-century Christians
D) the Victorian Europeans
4) For the ancient Greeks, the norm of sexuality in their society was
A) persecution of gay and lesbian individuals.
B) homosexuality.
C) open acknowledgement of both heterosexuality and homosexuality.
D) open heterosexuality and repressed homosexuality.
5) Fifteenth-century Christians believed that wet dreams resulted from
A) intercourse with tiny spiritual creatures.
B) hidden same-gender sexuality.
C) sexual dreams.
D) weak control over the body.
,6) According to the Malleus Maleficarum, the person who had wet dreams was guilty of
A) incestuous relationships.
B) unsafe sexual practices.
C) homosexuality and bestiality.
D) sodomy and witchcraft.
7) Which of the following statements is true of religious understandings of sexuality?
A) The ancient Greeks condemned same-gender sexuality behavior.
B) Muslims have believed that sexual intercourse is one of the finest pleasures of life.
C) Fifteenth-century Christians believed that “wet dreams” resulted from same-gender
sexuality.
D) Fifteenth-century Christians believed that a person who had "wet dreams" had great
spiritual powers.
8) When the early sex researchers began their work in the Victorian era (the late 1800s), the norms
about sexuality were extraordinarily
A) rigid and oppressive.
B) hedonistic.
C) liberal.
D) similar to that of the ancient Greeks.
9) Which of the following scientists discovered sperm swimming in human semen?
A) Henry Havelock Ellis
B) Oskar Hertwig
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
10) Which of the following scientists first observed the actual fertilization of the egg by the sperm
in sea urchins?
A) Henry Havelock Ellis
B) Oskar Hertwig
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
,11) Identify the Viennese physician who contributed to our understanding of the psychological
aspects of human sexuality and who is also credited as the founder of psychiatry and
psychoanalysis.
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Oskar Hertwig
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
12) The Victorian era, from which Freud and Ellis emerged, was characterized by
A) sexual permissiveness for both sexes.
B) aberrant and obscene sensuality.
C) sexual repression.
D) sexual fulfillment.
13) Which of the following researchers in Victorian England compiled a vast collection of
information on sexuality—including medical and anthropological information—and can be
considered the forerunner of modern sex research?
A) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
B) Henry Havelock Ellis
C) Magnus Hirschfeld
D) Sigmund Freud
14) ______ was the author of Studies in the Psychology of Sex.
A) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Magnus Hirschfeld
D) Henry Havelock Ellis
15) Which of the following is true about Henry Havelock Ellis?
A) He was a psychologist by profession.
B) He believed that women, like men, are sexual creatures.
C) He urged society to reject sexual deviation.
D) He was primarily interested in the study of sexually-deviant behaviors.
, 16) Richard von Krafft-Ebing had a special interest in
A) normative sexual behavior in children.
B) pathological sexuality.
C) sexual malfunction.
D) sexually transmitted diseases.
17) Psychopathia Sexualis was authored by
A) Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
B) Henry Havelock Ellis.
C) Magnus Hirschfeld.
D) Sigmund Freud.
18) Identify the early sex researcher who coined the concepts of sadism, masochism, and
pedophilia.
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Magnus Hirschfeld
C) Henry Havelock Ellis
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
19) The first institute of sexual research was founded by
A) Alfred Kinsey.
B) Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
C) Henry Havelock Ellis.
D) Magnus Hirschfeld.
20) Which of the following was an accomplishment of early sex researcher Magnus Hirschfeld?
A) He established the first journal on the study of sex.
B) He was the first to observe the ovum in humans.
C) He coined the terms heterosexuality and homosexuality.
D) He was the founder of psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
21) One of Magnus Hirschfeld's special areas of interest in the study of human sexuality was
A) the sexual response cycle.
B) pedophilia.
C) same-gender sexuality.
D) masochism.
Understanding Human Sexuality 8ce By Janet Shibley Hyde, John D. DeLamater, Sandra Byers,
Lucia O'Sullivan
Chapter 1-18 Answers are at the End of Each Chapter
Chapter 1
Student name:__________
1) According to the text, the term ______ can refer to the state of identifying as male, female, or
trans.
A) sexual anatomy
B) gender
C) sexual behavior
D) sex
2) According to the text, sexual behavior is defined as
A) penis-in-vagina intercourse.
B) the behavior that is chiefly associated with reproduction.
C) the behavior that produces arousal and increases the chance of orgasm.
D) the sexual activity that is associated with masculine and feminine roles in some way.
3) Which of the following societies openly acknowledged homosexuality and heterosexuality?
A) the ancient Greeks
B) twentieth-century Chinese
C) fifteenth-century Christians
D) the Victorian Europeans
4) For the ancient Greeks, the norm of sexuality in their society was
A) persecution of gay and lesbian individuals.
B) homosexuality.
C) open acknowledgement of both heterosexuality and homosexuality.
D) open heterosexuality and repressed homosexuality.
5) Fifteenth-century Christians believed that wet dreams resulted from
A) intercourse with tiny spiritual creatures.
B) hidden same-gender sexuality.
C) sexual dreams.
D) weak control over the body.
,6) According to the Malleus Maleficarum, the person who had wet dreams was guilty of
A) incestuous relationships.
B) unsafe sexual practices.
C) homosexuality and bestiality.
D) sodomy and witchcraft.
7) Which of the following statements is true of religious understandings of sexuality?
A) The ancient Greeks condemned same-gender sexuality behavior.
B) Muslims have believed that sexual intercourse is one of the finest pleasures of life.
C) Fifteenth-century Christians believed that “wet dreams” resulted from same-gender
sexuality.
D) Fifteenth-century Christians believed that a person who had "wet dreams" had great
spiritual powers.
8) When the early sex researchers began their work in the Victorian era (the late 1800s), the norms
about sexuality were extraordinarily
A) rigid and oppressive.
B) hedonistic.
C) liberal.
D) similar to that of the ancient Greeks.
9) Which of the following scientists discovered sperm swimming in human semen?
A) Henry Havelock Ellis
B) Oskar Hertwig
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
10) Which of the following scientists first observed the actual fertilization of the egg by the sperm
in sea urchins?
A) Henry Havelock Ellis
B) Oskar Hertwig
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
,11) Identify the Viennese physician who contributed to our understanding of the psychological
aspects of human sexuality and who is also credited as the founder of psychiatry and
psychoanalysis.
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Oskar Hertwig
C) Anton van Leeuwenhoek
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
12) The Victorian era, from which Freud and Ellis emerged, was characterized by
A) sexual permissiveness for both sexes.
B) aberrant and obscene sensuality.
C) sexual repression.
D) sexual fulfillment.
13) Which of the following researchers in Victorian England compiled a vast collection of
information on sexuality—including medical and anthropological information—and can be
considered the forerunner of modern sex research?
A) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
B) Henry Havelock Ellis
C) Magnus Hirschfeld
D) Sigmund Freud
14) ______ was the author of Studies in the Psychology of Sex.
A) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Magnus Hirschfeld
D) Henry Havelock Ellis
15) Which of the following is true about Henry Havelock Ellis?
A) He was a psychologist by profession.
B) He believed that women, like men, are sexual creatures.
C) He urged society to reject sexual deviation.
D) He was primarily interested in the study of sexually-deviant behaviors.
, 16) Richard von Krafft-Ebing had a special interest in
A) normative sexual behavior in children.
B) pathological sexuality.
C) sexual malfunction.
D) sexually transmitted diseases.
17) Psychopathia Sexualis was authored by
A) Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
B) Henry Havelock Ellis.
C) Magnus Hirschfeld.
D) Sigmund Freud.
18) Identify the early sex researcher who coined the concepts of sadism, masochism, and
pedophilia.
A) Sigmund Freud
B) Magnus Hirschfeld
C) Henry Havelock Ellis
D) Richard von Krafft-Ebing
19) The first institute of sexual research was founded by
A) Alfred Kinsey.
B) Richard von Krafft-Ebing.
C) Henry Havelock Ellis.
D) Magnus Hirschfeld.
20) Which of the following was an accomplishment of early sex researcher Magnus Hirschfeld?
A) He established the first journal on the study of sex.
B) He was the first to observe the ovum in humans.
C) He coined the terms heterosexuality and homosexuality.
D) He was the founder of psychiatry and psychoanalysis.
21) One of Magnus Hirschfeld's special areas of interest in the study of human sexuality was
A) the sexual response cycle.
B) pedophilia.
C) same-gender sexuality.
D) masochism.
