Anthropology 305 - Anthropology of Religion » Fall 2019 » Quiz 4

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Question #1
Different Yoruba deities, or orisha, can be identified, in part, by the colors used in their representations.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
The ancient Maya used several calendar cycles simultaneously. There were two main cycles, one of 365 days and one of 185 days.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Types of music, such as religious music, evoke the same emotions in all societies.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
Among the Murngin of Australia, the ancestors and totemic spirits lived in a sacred water hole.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
All languages have a similar set of basic color terms in terms of number and meaning.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
The assignment of meaning to a symbol is always based upon what the symbol looks like or sounds like.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
Symbolic elements of dance include:
A.   All of these answers are correct
B.   movement
C.   paraphernalia
D.   costume
Question #8
Music in religious ritual functions to:
A.   All of these answers are correct
B.   facilitate the memorization and recitation of religious texts
C.   set a religious mood for the ritual
D.   symbolically represent knowledge from the religious texts
Question #9
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 these answers are correct
Question #10
Rituals that are performed according to a set temporal cycle are called:
A.   periodic rituals
B.   seasonal rituals
C.   bi-annual rituals
D.   calendrical rituals
Question #11
An early Christian symbol that predates the cross is the:
A.   pentagram
B.   fish
C.   swastika
D.   sunburst
Question #12
The appearance of the swastika in a Navaho weaving tells us that:
A.   the swastika is a symbol that is found in many cultures and has many meanings
B.   the swastika is a universal symbol found in all human societies
C.   early Germanic and Norse peoples settled the American Southwest in prehistoric times
D.   only Native Americans have used the swastika for religious purposes
Question #13
An isolated, remote village in the highlands of New Guinea sees an airplane for the first time and creates a word to refer to it. This illustrates the fact that symbols, in this case the new word of an airplane, are:
A.   open
B.   subjective
C.   displacement
D.   functional
Question #14
Displacement is a characteristic of symbols. This term refers to the fact that a symbol:
A.   can be used to discuss things remote from the speaker in space and time
B.   has functional meanings that serve specific purposes
C.   can be created at will
D.   does not have any direct relationship to the thing it symbolizes
Question #15
Objects and actions whose meanings are arbitrary and conventional are known as:
A.   constraints
B.   symbols
C.   totems
D.   values

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