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In an analytic definition of religion, the study of the organization and leadership of a
religious system represents the:
a. social dimension
b. ritual dimension
c. institutional dimension
d. narrative dimension
All of the following are true about priests except:
a. priests are associated with temples and shrines
b. priestly offices are often inherited from father to son
c. priests obtain supernatural power from a spirit familiar
d. priests are responsible for the correct performance of rituals
Arthur Miller's play The Crucible used the Salem trials as an allegory for:
a. illegal immigration
b. McCarthyism
c. the use of alcohol during Prohibition
d. the breakup for the traditional family
The swastika represents:
a. Nazi Germany
b. the Navaho whirling log
c. the feet of Buddha
d. all of the above
Which of the following would not be an appropriate task for an anthropologist?
a. translating a religious text in the Navaho language
b. excavating the ruins of a Mayan temple
c. filming an American religious ceremony
d. studying the chimpanzees of the Gombe National Park
e. all of the above would be appropriate tasks
The custom of drinking the cremated ashes of the dead is found among the:
a. Yanomam
b. Jivaro
c. Berawan
d. Nuer
Sigmund Freud applied some of his concepts to the analysis of religious phenomena.
The anthropological study of medicinal plants is part of:
a. ethnobotany
b. ethnomusicology
c. anthrobotany
d. arboretumology
The story of crocodiles living in the sewers of New York City is an example of a:
a. historical fact
b. urban legend
c. myth
d. folktale
A shaman finds a new kind of bush whose leaves, made into a tea, soothes a stomach
ache. This is an example of:
a. diffusion
b. syncretism
c. a discovery
d. an invention
A characteristic of the state of liminality is:
a. sexual continence
b. sacredness
c. absence of rank
d. all of the above
The revival of shamanism among the Yakut (Shkha) is, in part, a rejection of Christian
elements introduced by the Russian Orthodox Church.
Edward Tyler did not consider magic to be a part of religion because magic:
a. did not involve the performance of rituals
b. was not performed by religious specialists
c. did not involve gods and spirits
d. is used primarily to achieve evil ends
Hedonism and the symbol of a goat's head within an inverted pentagram refer to:
a. Wicca
b. Asatru
c. Satanism
d. Druidism
Ideological rituals include:
a. hunting & gathering rites of intensification
b. therapy rituals
c. social rites of intensification
d. salvation rituals
Which of the following anthropologists is most closely associated with the functionalist
approach?
a. Melford Spiro
b. Edward Tyler
c. Alfred Radcliff-Brown
d. Bronislaw Malinowski
The earliest examples of the American custom of embalming and the establishment of
the first military cemeteries took place during the:
a. Revolutionary War
b. French and Indian War
c. Civil War
d. World War I
Central to the role of a shaman is:
a. conducting period rituals
b. controlling spirit helpers and entering an altered state of consciousness
c. conducting rituals to ensure a good harvest
d. all of the above
In some societies souls may be acquired during one's lifetime, such as through a vision.
This is found among the:
a. Jivaro
b. Yanomam
c. Shoshoni
d. Beng
Types of modifications of the human body seen in human societies include:
a. modifying the shape of the skull by wrapping the child's skull with cord
b. piercing a part of the body, such as lips or earlobes, and stretching the separated part
c. cutting the foot and bending the foot back and binding it to create a very small foot
d. all of the above
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
The Snow White story is an example of a:
a. myth
b. folktale
c. legend
d. urban legend
The oral text of a magical ritual is often known as a:
a. spell
b. recitation
c. charm
d. liturgy
Witchcraft among the Azande functions to:
a. cause seriously disruptive suspicions and accusations between individuals
b. reinforce and sanction accepted morality
c. provide a means of curbing the power of the ruling class
d. none of the above
Rituals that mark an individual's changing statuses as he or she moves through life's
various stages are called:
a. rites of passage
b. puberty rituals
c. stage ceremonies
d. change of life ceremonies
Totemic narratives among the Australian aborigines describe journeys taken by totemic
creatures in the past. On these journeys the creatures:
a. created by naming the plants and animals
b. produced geological features including water holes
c. through their behavior established customs that characterize contemporary Australian
culture
d. all of the above
Archetypes are:
a. myths about the end of the world
b. myths about a journey to the underworld
c. a main character of the collective unconscious
d. a main character in a hero story
Noninspirational fortuitous forms of divination include:
a. astrology
b. prophecy
c. omens
d. mediums (psychics)
Examples of practices that can be labeled shamanism that are found in today's American
society are:
a. Pentecostal healers
b. Neoshamans
c. clown doctors
d. all of the above
The term "wounded healers" is used to describe:
a. shamans
b. priests
c. prophets
d. herbalists
Two main ways that anthropologists organize societies are by:
a. culture area and food getting strategies
b. level of religious complexity and gender stratification
c. gender ratio and child rearing strategies
d. kinship system and language spoken
A complex series of priesthoods where political authority is vested in the priesthood
characterizes the:
a. Zuni
b. Akimel O"odham
c. Navaho
d. Cahuilla
The Law of Sympathy was developed by:
a. Edward Tyler
b. Robert Marett
c. Branislaw Malinowski
d. James Frazer
Divination can be used to:
a. determine the cause of an illness
b. provide the result of an undertaking that is about to begin
c. locate game for hunters
d. all of the above
Anthropologists frequently apply the term primitive to small-scale societies.
Characteristics of altered states of consciousness include disturbances in concentration,
attention, memory, and judgment.
The Massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890 was an aftermath of the breakup of the Ghost
Dance by the U.S. government.
The training of a priest normally involves the memorization of vast amounts of
ceremonial knowledge so as to be able to perform rituals correctly.
Among the Murngin of Australia, the ancestors and totemic spirits lived in a sacred
water hole.
The Islamic calendar is a solar calendar.
Among the Azande, the diagnosis of an illness is confirmed by a medium through spirit
possession.
The attainment of a guardian spirit and supernatural power among the Ojibwa and
Shoshoni is accomplished through the vision quest.
A priest is more focused on individual problems such as a person's illness than on
community-wide rituals.
In order to distance oneself from jinn one is careful to observe the many tabus
surrounding blood and childbirth.
The Mayan carvings from Yaxhiln show the ingestion of drugs to achieve a
hallucination of a serpent.
In the Haida story "The Raven Steals the Light," the Raven is an example of a trickster.
A deity might communicate to a community through a prophet.
An invention occurs where someone uses technology to bring about a deliberate
change.
The concept of a single soul that animates the living body and leaves upon death is
found in the vast majority of societies that have been studied.
The Tana Toraja separate biological and social death in that social death occurs some
time after biological death.
Periodic rituals associated with an agricultural cycle are usually performed by shamans.
Distinctions of rank and care for personal appearance are two of many characteristics of
liminality.
