Question 1

Why do Fulani of Mali insult their children?

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Question 2

Liminal is a state that occurs to the individual at the conclusion of a ritual sequence.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How are monotheism and polytheism alike and different?

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Question 4

Religion uses many kinds of symbols.Why is symbolism so important in religious ritual? Give several examples of the use of religious symbolism,and discuss what the symbols appear to mean,in a particular society.

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Question 5

Priests are generally associated with gods believed to have great power.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The anthropologist Victor Turner described communitas as:

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A) A state of equality and oneness. 
B) The sigh of the oppressed creature,the heart of the heartless world. 
C) The result of overly rigid social controls. 
D) The result of the desire for increased structure in society. 
E) The search for life after death.

Question 7

A sorcerer who manipulates the fingernails of an intended victim to cause harm to that person is using:

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A) Mythological magic. 
B) Contagious magic. 
C) Ecological magic. 
D) Psychological reductionism. 
E) Superstitious magic.

Question 8

Define divination.

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Question 9

Describe three characteristics of fundamentalism.

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Question 10

One thing that all fundamentalist groups seem to have in common is:

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A) Women play major roles in their organization. 
B) Their members view the world as a cosmic struggle of good against evil. 
C) A disproportionate number of their members believe that the ends justify the means. 
D) They have restrictions on what kinds of foods they can eat. 
E) They seek political power but do not form political parties.

Question 11

Which of the following correctly describes the Classical Mayan priesthood?

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A) They spent their time in prayer and meditation. 
B) Their key role was as healers of the sick. 
C) They took vows of poverty and chastity. 
D) They were not considered to be particularly important by the aristocracy. 
E) They used drugs and pain rituals to reach ecstatic states.

Question 12

A primary function of rites of intensification is to:

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A) Help an individual through a personal crisis. 
B) Help a young man in his search for a guardian spirit. 
C) Regulate male-female conflict within a society. 
D) Reinforce the values and norms of the community and strengthen group identity. 
E) Restrain the ghosts of dead people from taking revenge on the living.

Question 13

A cosmology includes a set of principles of belief about the nature of life and death.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The Peyote Road refers to:

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A) Interstate Highway 35,because it leads to the Texas counties where peyote grows. 
B) The rejection of "white values" by Native Americans. 
C) The code of living by which a Native American Church member guides his life. 
D) Living outside the law. 
E) The spiritual path that Ghost Dancers believed would lead to the disappearance of the Whites and the return of the Buffalo.

Question 15

People in many societies,including the Azande of East Africa,believe in a magical witchcraft substance that is:

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A) Controlled by the most powerful people in society. 
B) Hidden under the central shrine of the community. 
C) Part of the bodies of those who are witches. 
D) Available to those who seek with a pure heart. 
E) Can never be found by those who actively seek it.

Question 16

Define religion.

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Question 17

The anthropologist Walter Cannon argued that sorcery:

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A) Could kill people through an "extreme stress reaction." 
B) Backed the power of the wealthy in society. 
C) Was an entirely anti-social force that societies must strive to eliminate. 
D) Could not be effectively differentiated from witchcraft. 
E) Was present in Africa but not in Europe or Asia.

Question 18

Most adults in any society can be considered liminal.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of a rite of passage?

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A) Going to a college football game 
B) Taking a mid-term exam. 
C) Going to see a professor during office hours. 
D) Getting married. 
E) Traveling across the country to visit a relative.

Question 20

Religion is generally a conservative force in society.That is,most times it supports the status quo.How does it do this? Write an essay in which you give several examples of the stabilizing influence of religion.

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Exam 12: Religion

Why do Fulani of Mali insult their children?

Liminal is a state that occurs to the individual at the conclusion of a ritual sequence.

How are monotheism and polytheism alike and different?

Religion uses many kinds of symbols.Why is symbolism so important in religious ritual? Give several examples of the use of religious symbolism,and discuss what the symbols appear to mean,in a particular society.

Priests are generally associated with gods believed to have great power.

The anthropologist Victor Turner described communitas as:

A sorcerer who manipulates the fingernails of an intended victim to cause harm to that person is using:

Define divination.

Describe three characteristics of fundamentalism.

One thing that all fundamentalist groups seem to have in common is:

Which of the following correctly describes the Classical Mayan priesthood?

A primary function of rites of intensification is to:

A cosmology includes a set of principles of belief about the nature of life and death.

The Peyote Road refers to:

People in many societies,including the Azande of East Africa,believe in a magical witchcraft substance that is:

Define religion.

The anthropologist Walter Cannon argued that sorcery:

Most adults in any society can be considered liminal.

Which of the following is an example of a rite of passage?

Religion is generally a conservative force in society.That is,most times it supports the status quo.How does it do this? Write an essay in which you give several examples of the stabilizing influence of religion.