Anthropology 305 - Anthropology of Religion » Fall 2019 » Quiz 5

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Question #1
Examples of ideological rituals include therapy and salvation rituals.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
Generally speaking protective rituals tend to be performed in situations that are dangerous and unpredictable.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
Reciprocity between humans and gods is often part of the worldview that underlies sacrifices and offerings.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #4
Revitalization rituals are the same thing as healing rituals.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #5
In many societies there are religious obligations that often take the form of ritual, such as saying grace before each meal.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
Many societies have prohibitions against eating particular foods. An example would be kashrut, the Jewish laws regarding what foods can and cannot be eaten and how they must be prepared.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #7
A prescriptive ritual that one that is:
A.   involved with an altered state of consciousness
B.   associated with critical events in the life of an individual
C.   performed because of the will or desire of a deity
D.   celebrated on a ritual calendar
Question #8
The Soyal Ceremony of the Hopi of Arizona begins on the winter solstice and marks the beginning of the Hopi ceremonial cycle. This ceremony is:
A.   prescriptive and periodic
B.   situational and occasional
C.   prescriptive and occasional
D.   occasional and periodic
Question #9
A technological ritual is one that is involved with:
A.   causing the death of an individual
B.   curing illness and death
C.   controlling an aspect of nature such as bringing rain
D.   moving people into new social categories or statuses
Question #10
When an Inuit hunter kills a seal, fresh water is placed in the mouth of the seal. This is an example of a:
A.   rite of passage
B.   hunting and gathering rite of intensification
C.   therapeutic ritual
D.   revitalization ritual
Question #11
A regular Sunday morning Christian service would be classified primarily as a:
A.   rites of passage
B.   revitalization ritual
C.   salvation rituals
D.   social rites of intensification
Question #12
The purpose of Aztec human sacrifice was based on the worldview that:
A.   to avoid the end of the life of the Sun, it had to fed blood
B.   only human flesh could adequately feed the royal family
C.   sacrificed humans buried in the fields would ensure a good harvest
D.   only human flesh could adequately feed all of the Aztec peoples
Question #13
The Navaho “Blessing Way” is performed, in part, to reestablish harmony with the universe so that an ill person might be cured of the illness. This is an example of a(n):
A.   ideological ritual
B.   salvation rituals
C.   technological ritual
D.   therapy ritual
Question #14
A ritual that focuses on the religious experience of the individual, such as possession, is called a(n):
A.   rite of passage
B.   initiation ritual
C.   revitalization ritual
D.   salvation ritual
Question #15
Liminality refers to a set of features that characterize a person in which phase of a rite of passage:
A.   transition
B.   incorporation
C.   separation
D.   simplification

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