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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
All languages have a similar set of basic color terms in terms of number and meaning.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
The assignment of meaning to a symbol is always based upon what the symbol looks like or sounds like.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
Symbolic elements of dance include:
A.   paraphernalia
B.   costume
C.   All of these answers are correct
D.   movement
Question #8
Music in religious ritual functions to:
A.   set a religious mood for the ritual
B.   facilitate the memorization and recitation of religious texts
C.   symbolically represent knowledge from the religious texts
D.   All of these answers are correct
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.   calendrical rituals
B.   periodic rituals
C.   seasonal rituals
D.   bi-annual rituals
Question #11
An early Christian symbol that predates the cross is the:
A.   fish
B.   swastika
C.   sunburst
D.   pentagram
Question #12
The appearance of the swastika in a Navaho weaving tells us that:
A.   early Germanic and Norse peoples settled the American Southwest in prehistoric times
B.   only Native Americans have used the swastika for religious purposes
C.   the swastika is a symbol that is found in many cultures and has many meanings
D.   the swastika is a universal symbol found in all human societies
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.   subjective
B.   displacement
C.   functional
D.   open
Question #14
Displacement is a characteristic of symbols. This term refers to the fact that a symbol:
A.   can be created at will
B.   has functional meanings that serve specific purposes
C.   does not have any direct relationship to the thing it symbolizes
D.   can be used to discuss things remote from the speaker in space and time
Question #15
Objects and actions whose meanings are arbitrary and conventional are known as:
A.   totems
B.   symbols
C.   values
D.   constraints

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