DIRECTIONS: This quiz is intended to explore you knowledge about sexual assault. It is used as an instrument for discussion only. You cannot fail. Read the statements below and decide with a myths and which are facts. Mark with M for myth or F for fact. Compare your answers with the key.

1. The primary motive for rape is sexual.

2. Women are sexually assaulted because they "ask for it" in some way.

3. Sexual assault cannot happen to a respectable woman.

4. A woman can prevent assault by resisting her attacker.

5. Most women actually enjoy rape.

6. Sexual assaults are usually planned.

7. Most reported sexual assaults are true.

8. Many assaults are committed by an assailant known to the victim.

9. Most parents who sexually abuse their children have a history of sexual abuse, physical abuse and/or neglect during their own childhood.

10. Most sexual assaults are inter-racial.

11. Rape is not a big deal; its only sex.

12. Men cannot be sexually assaulted.

13. The younger the victim, the more likely that the assailant is well-known to the family or is a family member.

14. Most sexual assaults are not reported to the police.

15. Most sexual assault victims react hysterically.

16. A woman's past sexual history is admissible in a sexual assault trial.

17. A victim can stop the prosecution process at any time.

18. Only the young or beautiful is sexually assaulted.

19. Many Women "cry rape" to protect their reputation or to seek revenge on a lover.

20. Sexual assault only occurs in dark alleys and isolated places.

21. Most assaults occur during the summer months.

22. A adult cannot ignore the suspected sexual and/or physical abuse of a child.

23. The physician, after examination of the victim, determines if a sexual assault has occured.

24. A woman cannot be raped by her husband.

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