Chapter 16 Practice Quiz

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. What are the three phases in a rite of passage, in order, as postulated by Arnold van Gennep (1908)?

Separation, transition, incorporation correct incorrect

Integration, transformation, removal correct incorrect

Transformation, separation, removal correct incorrect

Liminal, criminal, subliminal correct incorrect

Segregation, defenestration, sublimation correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are NOT part of rites?

Means to bridge gaps between known and unknown correct incorrect

Means to deal with the uncertain correct incorrect

Means to help transition one through puberty correct incorrect

Means for joining people in a relationship correct incorrect

Means for confusing one's role in society correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is part of the phase of liminality as discussed by Turner (1977)?

Release from everyday life to play with new status or ideas correct incorrect

Allowance for rule breakage correct incorrect

Means of dealing with sudden, catastrophic events correct incorrect

A common, shared experience correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Anthropologists understand myths to be _______.

flawed attempts to explain the origin of the world that are not believed today, but
reflect the development of human knowledge over time correct incorrect

the oral storytelling tradition of non-western societies correct incorrect

stories that recount how various aspects of the world came to be the way they are correct incorrect

something that is false correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. _______ is best suited to explain the characteristics of weddings, Jewish bar mitzvahs, the Hajj, and the Catholic Mass.

Ritual correct incorrect

Rite of passage correct incorrect

Religion correct incorrect

Language correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is a limitation on the interpretations of art?

Rarely a one-to-one correspondence between practice and function correct incorrect

Not all functions are obvious correct incorrect

Art is difficult to interpret correct incorrect

Often difficult to prove all functions in art correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a function of art in society?

A means of protest correct incorrect

A means of encoding meaning correct incorrect

An expression of well-being correct incorrect

An expression of beauty correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is NOT a function of ritual enactments in society?

Increasing social solidarity correct incorrect

Communal remembering of key events correct incorrect

Internalization of myth correct incorrect

Serving to sublimate violence correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. In their observations of belief, anthropologists see magic and witchcraft serving as _______.

a psychological boost in areas of danger or uncertainty correct incorrect

having nothing to do with science correct incorrect

unimportant to their society correct incorrect

the reason why societies turn to shopping correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following is not true about art?

Art is universally part of all societies and cultures correct incorrect

Artists in a culture frequently have more incisive views of art than non-artists correct incorrect

Art is what artists intended it to be correct incorrect

Art can serve many functions in a society correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Humans play the most of all the mammals, and use it for teaching young new skills.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Art can be defined as anything that does not directly serve a purpose to a society.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Authenticity and ownership of intellectual/cultural property creation is consistently seen as an individual right globally.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Myths are structures of meaning that allow humans to play with possibilities to explain basic contractions in human existence.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Rites of passage are about from one physical position to another.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. People attending a climate rally to protest environmental damage would be an example of communitas.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Ritual is what should be to play's what can be.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Shamans are religious practitioners who are skilled in the practice of formal religious rituals.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Over time people will elaborate old religious systems to change them in response to changing world situations.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The complexity of religions does not necessarily correlate with the complexity of the society.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect