How much do you know about sex? Take this quiz and test your knowledge. You can check your answers at the end of the page.

13 things you always wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask
Adapted from The 6 Most Important Decisions You’ll Ever Make by Sean Covey

1. True or False? The vast majority of high school students are having sex.
2. True or False? Having sex as a teen is becoming more and more common.
3. STD stands for:
   1. Scare teens to death
   2. Some tough dude
   3. Sexually transmitted disease
   4. Soft, tender, and delicious
4. Each year, one in ____ sexually active girls gets an STD.
5. True or false? The younger a person begins having sex the more susceptible they are to a sexually transmitted disease.
6. True or False? STDs always have symptoms or signs that can be noticed.
7. True or False? You can pick up an STD from oral sex.
8. ___% of Americans believes that being married before becoming pregnant is important.
9. True or False? A girl can get pregnant the first time she has sex.
10. ____% of boys 15-19 agree that getting a girl pregnant will make them feel like a real man.
11. The only protection that is 100% safe for avoiding pregnancy is:
    1. Taking birth control pills consistently
    2. Using condoms consistently and correctly
    3. Practicing abstinence
    4. Taking showers twice a day
12. True or False? About one in ten teens who have had intercourse wish they had waited.
13. After having sex, many teens:
    1. Have regrets
    2. Get depressed and suffer from low self esteem
    3. Feel disappointed, hurt, betrayed
    4. Any of the above

Check your answers:

1. False. According to the 2007 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, 47.8% of high school students reported having sexual intercourse.
2. False. The proportion of high school students who have ever had intercourse declined from 54% in 1991 to 47.8% in 2007.
3. C. The letters STD stand for Sexually Transmitted Disease.
4. According to a new study released in 2008, 1 in 4 sexually active girls have a sexually transmitted infection.
5. True. Generally, immature organs and immune system don’t fight infection as well as adult systems do. Especially for young girls, the immature cervix presents a significant risk in susceptibility to infection.
6. False. Many STDs show no symptoms.
7. True. Oral sex is a significant risk for a number of STDs.
8. 90% - according to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy.
9. True. A girl can get pregnant the first time she has sex.
10. 40%. The fact sheet Science Says: “The sexual attitudes and behavior of Male Teens from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen pregnancy says that 4 out of 10 boys 15-19, think getting a girl pregnant will make them feel like a real man.”
11. C. Abstaining from sexual expression is the only complete “protection”.
12. False. 67% of teens wished they had waited longer before having sexual intercourse.
13. D. Yes, it is true that sexual expression is more than just a physical act. Sexuality is always relational. It involves your thoughts, hopes, feelings, biochemistry, self esteem, and many other things. Humans are complex and so is sex!