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The origins of Halloween can be found in a(n):
a. ancient Celtic festival called Samhain
b. Satanic celebration of the horned deity
c. new tradition for burials that began during the Civil War
d. U.S. department store attempt to sell more items in the Fall
Lord Pakal, a Mayan ruler of Palenque, ruled in the:
a. fifth century
b. seventh century
c. thirteenth century
d. eighteenth century
Haitian Zombies are:
a. living persons who have been placed in a zombie state in order to work in the fields
b. reanimated dead persons who eat brains
c. a special class of especially evil and troublesome ghosts
d. people who have died before their time and return to life to bring death to friends and
neighbors
A method of studying communities that is unique to anthropology is:
a. questionnaires
b. participant observation
c. psychological tests
d. recording of oral literature and songs
Burials differ in different societies in many ways. Among these is:
a. the location of the grave
b. the position the body is placed in
c. objects placed in the grave with the body
d. all of the above
Christian groups descended from the Millerism movement of the early Nineteenth
Century believed that:
a. life on earth was created by extraterrestrial aliens
b. people die and are reborn in other people or animals
c. after death people travel to a special place and become gods
d. the world as we know it will come to an end at some date in the future
Sigmund Freud applied some of his concepts to the analysis of religious phenomena.
In some societies guilt and innocence are determined by having a red-hot knife pressed
against some part of the accused person's body. This is an example of a(n):
a. presentiment
b. ordeal
c. omen
d. none of the above
While English users distinguish 11 primary colors, the number of color terms found in
the Yoruba language is:
a. 3
b. 7
c. 10
d. 14
The idea that religion can be seen as a symbolic expression of relationships between
children and their parents was proposed by:
a. Guy Swanson
b. Sigmund Freud
c. John Roberts
d. Robin Horton
Ritual texts:
a. are social charters that sets forth the organization of human relationships
b. explain the origins of humans and the world
c. often contain multiple versions of the same story
d. all of the above
Divination refers to method for:
a. controlling the behavior of spirits and deities
b. controlling events of nature
c. obtaining information about the normally unknowable
d. curing illness
Witchcraft beliefs among the Azande:
a. provides an explanation for unfortunate events
b. provides stereotyped behavioral patterns in crisis situations
c. eliminates deviant behavior from the society
d. all of the above
Music in religious ritual functions to:
a. set a religious mood for the ritual
b. symbolically represent knowledge from the religious texts
c. facilitate the memorization and recitation of religious texts
d. all of the above
Anthropologists study societies as systematic sums of their parts, a concept known as:
a. relativism
b. ethnology
c. holism
d. postmodernism
A clear separation of biological and social death is found among the:
a. Beng
b. Yoruba
c. Tana Toraja
d. Hmong
Yoruba taxi cab drivers will sacrifice an animal to the god Ogun. This is an example of
a:
a. hunting & gathering rite of intensification
b. protective ritual
c. therapeutic ritual
d. rite of passage
In the Holiness Church, an altered state of consciousness is brought about by:
a. music and dance
b. the drinking of poison
c. drumming
d. the use of peyote
Rituals that are performed according to a set temporal cycle are called:
a. periodic rituals
b. calendrical rituals
c. time sensitive rituals
d. annual rituals
Which of the following is true about Vodou deities?
a. God is a remote creator deity who is no longer directly involved with the everyday
lives of the people
b. Catholic Saints are seen as manifestations of Vodou deities
c. during rituals deities will possess worshippers
d. all of the above
Examples of prescribed, periodic rituals include all of the following except:
a. Diwali
b. Quinceaeras
c. Passover
d. Ramadan
Among the Azande, people accused of being witches are usually people who:
a. are unknown enemies living in nearby villages
b. have been initiated as witches by joining a witching society
c. are known to the victims with whom there have particular social relationships
d. hold high office, such as chief
A new religious group that practices mass wedding ceremonies is the:
a. Branch Davidians
b. Unification Church
c. Vodou
d. Raelians
Magic involves the use of plant material, called medicines, in which supernatural power
resides among the:
a. Trobriand Islanders
b. Fore
c. Azande
d. Wiccans
A periodic ritual is one that is:
a. performed because of the will or desire of a deity
b. associated with critical events in the life of an individual
c. celebrated on a ritual calendar
d. involved with an altered state of consciousness
The Day of the Dead in Mexico is a time for:
a. driving evil spirits out of the village
b. a family reunion for all family members, living and dead
c. fasting and repentance
d. all of the above
Mana can be thought of as:
a. impersonal supernatural power
b. food provide by the gods
c. a technique for divination
d. an hallucinogenic cactus
