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Question 1: Legitimacy was formerly of great consequence, in that only legitimate children could ________ their fathers' estates.
MarriageFamily nameInheritanceKinship

Question 2: Legitimacy also continues to be relevant to hereditary titles: only legitimate children are usually admitted to the ________.
Line of succession to the British throneLine of succession to the Spanish throneAbolished monarchyOrder of succession

Question 3: This is true of the United States,[3] and its constitutionality was upheld by the Supreme Court in ________.
Birthright citizenship in the United States of AmericaFourteenth Amendment to the United States ConstitutionNatural born citizen of the United StatesUnited States nationality law

Question 4: In many societies, law has denied illegitimate persons the same rights of ________ as legitimate persons, and in some societies, even the same civil rights.
InheritanceKinshipFamily nameMarriage

Question 5: In previous centuries unwed mothers were forced by social pressure to give their children up for ________.
AdoptionNuclear familyFoster careParent

Question 6: In several countries, including Bulgaria, France, Scotland and Wales (but not the whole UK), ________, and all of Scandinavia except for Denmark, more than half of births in 2007 were extramarital.
HungaryCroatiaSloveniaGreece

Question 7: A contribution to the decline of the concept of illegitimacy had been made by increased ease of obtaining ________.
WifeDivorceDivorce (United States)Marriage

Question 8: Likewise under ________, in most religious jurisdictions.
Canon lawRoman lawNatural lawCanon law (Catholic Church)

Question 9: In the ancient ________ phrase, "Mater semper certa est" ("The mother is always certain"), while the father is not.
Old LatinVulgar LatinLatinRoman Empire

Question 10: At ________, legitimacy is the status of a child who is born to parents who are legally married to one another, or who is born shortly after the parents' marriage ends through divorce.
Common lawShariaReception statuteCivil law (legal system)
















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