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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #2
Generally speaking protective rituals tend to be performed in situations that are dangerous and unpredictable.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #3
Reciprocity between humans and gods is often part of the worldview that underlies sacrifices and offerings.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
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.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
A prescriptive ritual that one that is:
A.   involved with an altered state of consciousness
B.   performed because of the will or desire of a deity
C.   celebrated on a ritual calendar
D.   associated with critical events in the life of an individual
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 occasional
B.   prescriptive and periodic
C.   occasional and periodic
D.   situational and occasional
Question #9
A technological ritual is one that is involved with:
A.   moving people into new social categories or statuses
B.   curing illness and death
C.   causing the death of an individual
D.   controlling an aspect of nature such as bringing rain
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.   therapeutic ritual
B.   hunting and gathering rite of intensification
C.   rite of passage
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.   social rites of intensification
D.   salvation rituals
Question #12
The purpose of Aztec human sacrifice was based on the worldview that:
A.   only human flesh could adequately feed all of the Aztec peoples
B.   to avoid the end of the life of the Sun, it had to fed blood
C.   sacrificed humans buried in the fields would ensure a good harvest
D.   only human flesh could adequately feed the royal family
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.   salvation rituals
B.   technological ritual
C.   ideological 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.   salvation ritual
D.   revitalization ritual
Question #15
Liminality refers to a set of features that characterize a person in which phase of a rite of passage:
A.   incorporation
B.   separation
C.   transition
D.   simplification

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