Question 1

Serial polygamy is the practice of having more than one wife, but never more than one at the same time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Incest is a cultural universal that is defined the same way by all cultures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In a society with two exogamous lineages or moieties, who is the preferred cross-cousin bride for a male ego?

Accepted Answer

A)  MBD 
B)  MZD 
C)  FBD 
D)  FZS 
E)  FZB 
A)  MBD 
B)  MZD 
C)  FBD 
D)  FZS 
E)  FZB

Question 4

In the United States, the rise in female employment, especially in professional careers, when coupled with ________, has dramatically increased household incomes in the upper classes. This pattern has been one factor sharpening the contrast in household income between the richest and poorest populations of Americans.

Accepted Answer

A)  homogamy 
B)  serial monogamy 
C)  endogamy 
D)  sororal polygyny 
E)  exogamy 
A)  homogamy 
B)  serial monogamy 
C)  endogamy 
D)  sororal polygyny 
E)  exogamy

Question 5

Cross-culturally, divorce is known only in industrialized societies where a high percentage of women are gainfully employed.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

This chapter includes several examples linking marriage practices with issues about property and inheritance. Describe these examples. Based on what you have learned so far about marriage, kinship, adaptive strategies, and political systems, can you suggest ways in which anthropologists could help explain relationships involving property?

Accepted Answer

In this chapter, the examples linking ma

Question 7

Almost all cases of bridewealth are associated with patrilineal, patrilocal systems. Why? If there were such a thing as groom price, where would you expect to find it? Why? Why do we not find groom service ethnographically?

Accepted Answer

Bridewealth is typically associated with

Question 8

The incest taboo is a cultural universal, but

Accepted Answer

A)  not all cultures have one. 
B)  not all cultures define incest the same way. 
C)  not all cultures know about the consequences of incest. 
D)  some cultures have replaced it with the levirate. 
E)  some cultures practice gerontology anyway. 
A)  not all cultures have one. 
B)  not all cultures define incest the same way. 
C)  not all cultures know about the consequences of incest. 
D)  some cultures have replaced it with the levirate. 
E)  some cultures practice gerontology anyway.

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

Accepted Answer

A)  a taboo on marrying members of the same totemic group 
B)  the Nazi law forbidding Aryans from marrying anyone but other Aryans 
C)  a taboo against marrying within the same village 
D)  a taboo on mating with members of one's extended family 
E)  the incest taboo 
A)  a taboo on marrying members of the same totemic group 
B)  the Nazi law forbidding Aryans from marrying anyone but other Aryans 
C)  a taboo against marrying within the same village 
D)  a taboo on mating with members of one's extended family 
E)  the incest taboo

Question 10

All of the following are a form of polygamy EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  a man who marries, then divorces, then marries again, then divorces again, then marries again, each time to a different woman. 
B)  a man who has four wives simultaneously. 
C)  a woman who has three husbands, all of whom are brothers. 
D)  a man who has three wives, all of whom are sisters. 
E)  a man who has two unrelated wives. 
A)  a man who marries, then divorces, then marries again, then divorces again, then marries again, each time to a different woman. 
B)  a man who has four wives simultaneously. 
C)  a woman who has three husbands, all of whom are brothers. 
D)  a man who has three wives, all of whom are sisters. 
E)  a man who has two unrelated wives.

Question 11

The biological degeneration explanation for the incest taboo has won over supporters because of universal concerns about biology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

Accepted Answer

A)  a form of bride theft. 
B)  only given for elopements. 
C)  the same as a dowry. 
D)  widespread in patrilineal societies. 
E)  widespread in matrilineal societies. 
A)  a form of bride theft. 
B)  only given for elopements. 
C)  the same as a dowry. 
D)  widespread in patrilineal societies. 
E)  widespread in matrilineal societies.

Question 13

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior. The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give it. Its latent function is

Accepted Answer

A)  the genetically motivated reason for the custom. 
B)  a subconscious effect that the custom has on society members' identification with that belief. 
C)  the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists. 
D)  an effect the custom has on the society that its members don't mention or recognize. 
E)  the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists. 
A)  the genetically motivated reason for the custom. 
B)  a subconscious effect that the custom has on society members' identification with that belief. 
C)  the socially constructed perspective of why the custom exists. 
D)  an effect the custom has on the society that its members don't mention or recognize. 
E)  the emic effect the custom has on the society, recognized only by anthropologists.

Question 14

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession, this explanation being an example of the latent function of a social custom.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Polyandry is common and practiced under a wide range of conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that all cultures ban incest. However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is

Accepted Answer

A)  genetically programmed instinctive horror. 
B)  a widespread and well-founded fear of biological degeneration. 
C)  following rules of exogamy is adaptively advantageous. 
D)  isolated social groups are better at survival. 
E)  a genetically determined attraction for those most different from us. 
A)  genetically programmed instinctive horror. 
B)  a widespread and well-founded fear of biological degeneration. 
C)  following rules of exogamy is adaptively advantageous. 
D)  isolated social groups are better at survival. 
E)  a genetically determined attraction for those most different from us.

Question 17

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can, but doesn't always, accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. 
B)  give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. 
C)  give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. 
D)  give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. 
E)  establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives. 
A)  give either or both spouses a monopoly in the sexuality of the other. 
B)  give either or both spouses rights to the labor of the other. 
C)  give either or both spouses rights over the latent and manifest functions of the other. 
D)  give either or both spouses rights over the other's property. 
E)  establish a socially significant "relationship of affinity" between spouses and their relatives.

Question 18

A recent cross-cultural study of 87 societies, all of which had incest taboos, investigated the rate at which such taboos were broken. The results of this study add to the evidence that

Accepted Answer

A)  cultural universals, like the human ability to make fire, always have a genetic basis. 
B)  Freud was right: children everywhere have sexual feelings toward their parents. 
C)  although tabooed, incest does happen. 
D)  many societies need better educational systems. 
E)  many societies need better techniques of social control. 
A)  cultural universals, like the human ability to make fire, always have a genetic basis. 
B)  Freud was right: children everywhere have sexual feelings toward their parents. 
C)  although tabooed, incest does happen. 
D)  many societies need better educational systems. 
E)  many societies need better techniques of social control.

Question 19

With polyandry, a woman takes more than one husband.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

In the caste system of India, failure to adhere to class endogamy rules traditionally resulted in a ritually impure marriage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Serial polygamy is the practice of having more than one wife, but never more than one at the same time.

Incest is a cultural universal that is defined the same way by all cultures.

In a society with two exogamous lineages or moieties, who is the preferred cross-cousin bride for a male ego?

Cross-culturally, divorce is known only in industrialized societies where a high percentage of women are gainfully employed.

Almost all cases of bridewealth are associated with patrilineal, patrilocal systems. Why? If there were such a thing as groom price, where would you expect to find it? Why? Why do we not find groom service ethnographically?

The incest taboo is a cultural universal, but

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

All of the following are a form of polygamy EXCEPT

The biological degeneration explanation for the incest taboo has won over supporters because of universal concerns about biology.

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior. The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give it. Its latent function is

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession, this explanation being an example of the latent function of a social custom.

Polyandry is common and practiced under a wide range of conditions.

There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that all cultures ban incest. However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can, but doesn't always, accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

A recent cross-cultural study of 87 societies, all of which had incest taboos, investigated the rate at which such taboos were broken. The results of this study add to the evidence that

With polyandry, a woman takes more than one husband.

In the caste system of India, failure to adhere to class endogamy rules traditionally resulted in a ritually impure marriage.

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Exam 11: Marriage

Serial polygamy is the practice of having more than one wife, but never more than one at the same time.

Incest is a cultural universal that is defined the same way by all cultures.

In a society with two exogamous lineages or moieties, who is the preferred cross-cousin bride for a male ego?

Cross-culturally, divorce is known only in industrialized societies where a high percentage of women are gainfully employed.

Almost all cases of bridewealth are associated with patrilineal, patrilocal systems. Why? If there were such a thing as groom price, where would you expect to find it? Why? Why do we not find groom service ethnographically?

The incest taboo is a cultural universal, but

Which of the following is an example of a rule of endogamy?

All of the following are a form of polygamy EXCEPT

The biological degeneration explanation for the incest taboo has won over supporters because of universal concerns about biology.

A lobola, a substantial marital gift from the husband and his kin to the wife and her kin among the BaThonga of Mozambique, is

To understand royal endogamy, it is useful to distinguish between the manifest and latent functions of customs and behavior. The manifest function of a custom refers to the reasons people in a society give it. Its latent function is

Royal endogamy among Hawaiians functioned to limit the number of conflicts about royal succession, this explanation being an example of the latent function of a social custom.

Polyandry is common and practiced under a wide range of conditions.

There is no simple or universally accepted explanation for the fact that all cultures ban incest. However, the most accepted explanation for the incest taboo is

Anthropologist Edmund Leach (1955) observed that, depending on the society, several different kinds of rights are allocated by marriage. According to Leach, marriage can, but doesn't always, accomplish each of the following EXCEPT

A recent cross-cultural study of 87 societies, all of which had incest taboos, investigated the rate at which such taboos were broken. The results of this study add to the evidence that

With polyandry, a woman takes more than one husband.

In the caste system of India, failure to adhere to class endogamy rules traditionally resulted in a ritually impure marriage.

What Is Anthropology

Culture

Method and Theory in Cultural Anthropology

Applying Anthropology

Language and Communication

Ethnicity and Race

Making a Living

Political Systems

Gender

Families, Kinship, and Descent

Religion

Arts, Media, and Sports

The World System and Colonialism

Anthropologys Role in a Globalizing World

Filters