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Quiz: Fact or fiction?

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)

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Home Body Abstinence Quiz: Fact or fiction?

Fact or fiction?

1. Two out of three teens that have sex by age 18 say they wish they'd waited longer.
   
   True
   False
2. About 80 percent of teens 12-19 say they feel pressure to have sex.
   
   True
   False
3. Everyone is having sex.
   
   True
   False
4. Sixty-five percent of teens say it would be much easier to delay sex if other teens spoke positively about not having sex.
   
   True
   False
5. You can't get pregnant having sex your first time. It's impossible.
   
   True
   False
6. You can't get pregnant having sex standing upright.
   
   True
   False
7. More than half of teen pregnancies happen during the first six months after a person has sex for the first time.
   
   True
   False
8. Most teens that become pregnant marry the father of their baby.
   
   True
   False
9. You can't get pregnant if you have sex while you are menstruating.
   
   True
   False
10. Teens have higher rates of gonorrhea than do sexually active men and women ages 20-44.
    
    True
    False
11. You can tell by looking at someone if they have a sexually transmitted disease (STI).
    
    True
    False

Content last updated June 18, 2008

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