Question 1

According to Lock's article on determining brain death, tests run in ICU units to determine and diagnose brain death include:

Accepted Answer

A)  Physical tests of reflexes such as pin pricks to the hands and feet, pressure applied to finger/toenails, . touching of the eye with a swab, or inducing coughing. 
B)  In some cases, EEG monitoring 
C)  In some cases, MRI and/or blood flow monitoring 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Physical tests of reflexes such as pin pricks to the hands and feet, pressure applied to finger/toenails, . touching of the eye with a swab, or inducing coughing. 
B)  In some cases, EEG monitoring 
C)  In some cases, MRI and/or blood flow monitoring 
D)  All of the above D

Question 2

Haitians who "serve the spirits" refer to themselves as Catholics.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

All of the following are activities that can occur in patients after brain death has been diagnosed EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Body warmth and metabolic function 
B)  Sudden return to a fully functioning state 
C)  Physiologic responses like yawning or crying 
D)  Endocrine activities 
A)  Body warmth and metabolic function 
B)  Sudden return to a fully functioning state 
C)  Physiologic responses like yawning or crying 
D)  Endocrine activities B

Question 4

Prominent attitudes towards death that are displayed in Day of the Dead practices include.

Accepted Answer

A)  honoring of the dead through altars and visitations shows respect and keeps the dead happy so they do not come back and haunt. 
B)  showing care and respect to the dead implies that you show care and respect for yourself as well as for your living friends and relatives. 
C)  take comfort in death because it is inevitable; and it is important to keep the dead alive through memories. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  honoring of the dead through altars and visitations shows respect and keeps the dead happy so they do not come back and haunt. 
B)  showing care and respect to the dead implies that you show care and respect for yourself as well as for your living friends and relatives. 
C)  take comfort in death because it is inevitable; and it is important to keep the dead alive through memories. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 5

All of the following are issues that anthropologists must consider when studying and analyzing cannibalism EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Issues of ethnocentrism and cultural relativity in their perspective 
B)  The specifics of different cannibalistic acts to discern whether or not these acts qualify as cannibalism 
C)  The social and political symbolic power that cannibalism holds as a taboo 
D)  Tension between physical evidence, or lack thereof, versus oral account 
A)  Issues of ethnocentrism and cultural relativity in their perspective 
B)  The specifics of different cannibalistic acts to discern whether or not these acts qualify as cannibalism 
C)  The social and political symbolic power that cannibalism holds as a taboo 
D)  Tension between physical evidence, or lack thereof, versus oral account

Question 6

Conklin describes European cannibalism as social and cannibalism in South America and the New World as a social

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Most healthcare practitioners in Lock's research viewed drain death as death for all purposes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In Oaxaca, visitors and outsider to the Days of the Dead celebrations are often somewhat off put by the celebratory, jovial nature with which death is treated thinking that celebrations are dangerous or sacrilegious.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

All of the following can be part of different families' Day of the Dead celebrations in Oaxaca EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Construction of altars 
B)  Children going dor to door asking for additions to altars 
C)  Sad or heavy hearted mourning 
D)  Preparation of food that is delivered to the graveyard and to relatives and friends 
A)  Construction of altars 
B)  Children going dor to door asking for additions to altars 
C)  Sad or heavy hearted mourning 
D)  Preparation of food that is delivered to the graveyard and to relatives and friends

Question 10

According to Metcalf, an essential, and somewhat overlooked effect of the anthropological modus operandi is

Accepted Answer

A)  how it can turn the anthropologist's gaze back toward his own practices as strange and "exotic." 
B)  the extreme ethnocentrism that it encourages. 
C)  the change that the anthropologist's presence brings about in the community she is studying. 
D)  the resulting amplification of the exoticism of the practices and/or the group being observed. 
A)  how it can turn the anthropologist's gaze back toward his own practices as strange and "exotic." 
B)  the extreme ethnocentrism that it encourages. 
C)  the change that the anthropologist's presence brings about in the community she is studying. 
D)  the resulting amplification of the exoticism of the practices and/or the group being observed.

Question 11

What is the main evidence that supports the notion that the Wari practiced cannibalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Numerous observations and accounts from Anthropologists 
B)  Documented fossil evidence of instruments used in cannibalistic rituals 
C)  Unconfirmed rumor 
D)  Self-reported oral history from the Wari 
A)  Numerous observations and accounts from Anthropologists 
B)  Documented fossil evidence of instruments used in cannibalistic rituals 
C)  Unconfirmed rumor 
D)  Self-reported oral history from the Wari

Question 12

McCarthy Brown notes that Africa is a powerful concept in Voodoo-to say that a spirit is frangine is to say that

Accepted Answer

A)  the spirit has risen up from the heathenism of African traditions. 
B)  the spirit is dark and malicious with tremendous force. 
C)  the spirit has departed to go back to Africa. 
D)  the spirit is "truly African" and, therefore, is good, ancient, and proper. 
A)  the spirit has risen up from the heathenism of African traditions. 
B)  the spirit is dark and malicious with tremendous force. 
C)  the spirit has departed to go back to Africa. 
D)  the spirit is "truly African" and, therefore, is good, ancient, and proper.

Question 13

Haitian voodoo rituals

Accepted Answer

A)  are fairly institutionalized, according to Catholic tradition. 
B)  fall into three major categories. 
C)  are held in temples, or ounfò s, that dot the countryside all over the island. 
D)  vary widely, especially from the rural to the urban setting. 
A)  are fairly institutionalized, according to Catholic tradition. 
B)  fall into three major categories. 
C)  are held in temples, or ounfò s, that dot the countryside all over the island. 
D)  vary widely, especially from the rural to the urban setting.

Question 14

All of the following are socio-ethical ways that intensivists interviewed in Lock's study cope with feelings of doubt about circumstances centered around diagnosis of brain death EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Belief that the spirit or soul leaves the body in the event of brain death 
B)  Rationalization that the body wants to die along with the brain 
C)  Belief that brain death is essentially death 
D)  Rationalization that the brain death state prevents the body from experiencing pain regardless of ongoing metabolic and endocrine activity 
A)  Belief that the spirit or soul leaves the body in the event of brain death 
B)  Rationalization that the body wants to die along with the brain 
C)  Belief that brain death is essentially death 
D)  Rationalization that the brain death state prevents the body from experiencing pain regardless of ongoing metabolic and endocrine activity

Question 15

While the urban practice of voodoo centers around temples and the formation of extensive surrogate family units, rural voodoo practices

Accepted Answer

A)  revolve around the village church that is usually located in the central plaza, emphasizing community cohesiveness. 
B)  are highly personal and private affairs, with worship taking place in the home with the immediate family. 
C)  are intimately connected to land tenure, ancestral inheritance, and the family unit. 
D)  are generally more institutionalized and elaborate, and happen less often because of the long distances people must travel in order to come together. 
A)  revolve around the village church that is usually located in the central plaza, emphasizing community cohesiveness. 
B)  are highly personal and private affairs, with worship taking place in the home with the immediate family. 
C)  are intimately connected to land tenure, ancestral inheritance, and the family unit. 
D)  are generally more institutionalized and elaborate, and happen less often because of the long distances people must travel in order to come together.

Question 16

All of the following forms of cannibalism were practiced in Europe EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Funerary or mourning rites 
B)  Drinking of blood a s a remedy for epileptics 
C)  Eating the smoked flesh of criminals 
D)  Importing exotic corpses from Egypt to eat 
A)  Funerary or mourning rites 
B)  Drinking of blood a s a remedy for epileptics 
C)  Eating the smoked flesh of criminals 
D)  Importing exotic corpses from Egypt to eat

Question 17

Cannibalism is linked to which if the following historical events discussed in Conklin's article:

Accepted Answer

A)  Spanish conquest and killing of natives in the New World 
B)  "otherizing" to justify enslavement of Africans 
C)  Both of the above 
D)  None of the above 
A)  Spanish conquest and killing of natives in the New World 
B)  "otherizing" to justify enslavement of Africans 
C)  Both of the above 
D)  None of the above

Question 18

All of the following are components of both the Mexican All Soul's Day and the official Catholic festival EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  Food offerings to the dead and living 
B)  Altars 
C)  Visits to graveyards with family 
D)  Religion 
A)  Food offerings to the dead and living 
B)  Altars 
C)  Visits to graveyards with family 
D)  Religion

Question 19

Components of Day of the Dead altars can come only from family and altars are constructed privately in the home before being presented publically at the graveyard the night of the celebrations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

After having explored the "exotic"Berawan death ways, Metcalf turned his focus back toward American death ways, and found

Accepted Answer

A)  that the seemingly arbitrary approach toward death in the United States is much more comprehensible in light of Berawan theories of death. 
B)  he was left with a feeling of estrangement when he tried to find a correlation between popular ideas about death and American funerary practices. 
C)  them to be extremely mild and conservative in comparison. 
D)  that the two different approaches are actually very similar when the observer is able to see through the details. 
A)  that the seemingly arbitrary approach toward death in the United States is much more comprehensible in light of Berawan theories of death. 
B)  he was left with a feeling of estrangement when he tried to find a correlation between popular ideas about death and American funerary practices. 
C)  them to be extremely mild and conservative in comparison. 
D)  that the two different approaches are actually very similar when the observer is able to see through the details.

According to Lock's article on determining brain death, tests run in ICU units to determine and diagnose brain death include:

Haitians who "serve the spirits" refer to themselves as Catholics.

All of the following are activities that can occur in patients after brain death has been diagnosed EXCEPT:

Prominent attitudes towards death that are displayed in Day of the Dead practices include.

All of the following are issues that anthropologists must consider when studying and analyzing cannibalism EXCEPT:

Conklin describes European cannibalism as social and cannibalism in South America and the New World as a social

Most healthcare practitioners in Lock's research viewed drain death as death for all purposes.

In Oaxaca, visitors and outsider to the Days of the Dead celebrations are often somewhat off put by the celebratory, jovial nature with which death is treated thinking that celebrations are dangerous or sacrilegious.

All of the following can be part of different families' Day of the Dead celebrations in Oaxaca EXCEPT:

According to Metcalf, an essential, and somewhat overlooked effect of the anthropological modus operandi is

What is the main evidence that supports the notion that the Wari practiced cannibalism?

McCarthy Brown notes that Africa is a powerful concept in Voodoo-to say that a spirit is frangine is to say that

Haitian voodoo rituals

All of the following are socio-ethical ways that intensivists interviewed in Lock's study cope with feelings of doubt about circumstances centered around diagnosis of brain death EXCEPT:

While the urban practice of voodoo centers around temples and the formation of extensive surrogate family units, rural voodoo practices

All of the following forms of cannibalism were practiced in Europe EXCEPT:

Cannibalism is linked to which if the following historical events discussed in Conklin's article:

All of the following are components of both the Mexican All Soul's Day and the official Catholic festival EXCEPT:

Components of Day of the Dead altars can come only from family and altars are constructed privately in the home before being presented publically at the graveyard the night of the celebrations.

After having explored the "exotic"Berawan death ways, Metcalf turned his focus back toward American death ways, and found

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According to Lock's article on determining brain death, tests run in ICU units to determine and diagnose brain death include:

Haitians who "serve the spirits" refer to themselves as Catholics.

All of the following are activities that can occur in patients after brain death has been diagnosed EXCEPT:

Prominent attitudes towards death that are displayed in Day of the Dead practices include.

All of the following are issues that anthropologists must consider when studying and analyzing cannibalism EXCEPT:

Conklin describes European cannibalism as social and cannibalism in South America and the New World as a social

Most healthcare practitioners in Lock's research viewed drain death as death for all purposes.

In Oaxaca, visitors and outsider to the Days of the Dead celebrations are often somewhat off put by the celebratory, jovial nature with which death is treated thinking that celebrations are dangerous or sacrilegious.

All of the following can be part of different families' Day of the Dead celebrations in Oaxaca EXCEPT:

According to Metcalf, an essential, and somewhat overlooked effect of the anthropological modus operandi is

What is the main evidence that supports the notion that the Wari practiced cannibalism?

McCarthy Brown notes that Africa is a powerful concept in Voodoo-to say that a spirit is frangine is to say that

Haitian voodoo rituals

All of the following are socio-ethical ways that intensivists interviewed in Lock's study cope with feelings of doubt about circumstances centered around diagnosis of brain death EXCEPT:

While the urban practice of voodoo centers around temples and the formation of extensive surrogate family units, rural voodoo practices

All of the following forms of cannibalism were practiced in Europe EXCEPT:

Cannibalism is linked to which if the following historical events discussed in Conklin's article:

All of the following are components of both the Mexican All Soul's Day and the official Catholic festival EXCEPT:

Components of Day of the Dead altars can come only from family and altars are constructed privately in the home before being presented publically at the graveyard the night of the celebrations.

After having explored the "exotic"Berawan death ways, Metcalf turned his focus back toward American death ways, and found

The Anthropological Study of Religion

Myth, Symbolism, and Worldview

Ritual

Shamans, Priests, and Prophets

Altered States of Consciousness and the Religious Use of Drugs

Illness, Healing, and Religion

Witchcraft, Sorcery, Divination, and Magic

Religion in a Changing World: Identity, Adaptation, and Activism

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