Anthropology 305 - Anthropology of Religion » Fall 2019 » Quiz 10

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Question #1
In Roman Catholicism, souls travel to one of two places: Heaven or Hell.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #2
Reincarnation means that souls are reborn as animals.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #3
The Four Noble Truths of Buddhism state that life is imperfect and inevitably involves suffering.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #4
The Tana Toraja separate biological and social death in that social death occurs some time after biological death.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #5
The distinction between a soul and a ghost is not always a clear one.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #6
The term ethnocannibalistic anthropophagers refers to societies who eat the bodies of one’s own group.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #7
In the United States, the routine embalming of bodies developed during the Civil War.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #8
The term secondary burial refers to:
A.   a separate burial for specific body parts (e.g., the head and hands)
B.   a burial for a person who dies out of grief after the passing of their spouse
C.   a later burial during which the remains are dug up, processed, and reburied
D.   any burial for those lower in the social stratification
Question #9
All of the following statements about the African Burial Ground are correct except:
A.   the cemetery dates to the 1700s
B.   most of the remains are those of adults 
C.   the bodies were buried with their heads oriented to the west so that on the Judgment Day they will sit up and face the rising sun
D.   individuals were buried in coffins
Question #10
Death rituals or funerals serve many purposes among which is (are):
A.   protecting the community from ghosts
B.   All of these answers are correct. 
C.   determining the fate of the soul
D.   channeling the expressions of grief    
Question #11
Wade Davis believes that from an etic perspective, Haitain zombies really:
A.   were in it for the fame and wealth
B.   were animated from the dead to work in the fields
C.   did not exist
D.   have been given a powder containing tetrodotoxin 
Question #12
The Viking draugr was a(n):
A.   ghost seeking revenge for its own death
B.   animated corpse that could wander the countryside, much like a vampire
C.   reanimated corpse, much like a zombie
D.   soul that resided in Valhalla after dying in battle
Question #13
From an etic perspective, the appearance of exhumed bodies thought to be vampires were actually the result of the:
A.   mutilation of bodies by people wanting the village to believe in vampires
B.   acidic nature of the soil found in some eastern European cemeteries
C.   real work of supernatural forces
D.   natural process of decay
Question #14
Much of Dani behavior, including the fear of traveling outside of the village at night, is based upon their belief in the existence of:
A.   zombies
B.   sorcerers
C.    souls
D.   ghosts
Question #15
The Beng of West Africa believe that during the first several years of a baby’s life:
A.   the egungun dancers must drum the baby’s soul into its body
B.   the baby has no soul and is therefore not talked to
C.   animals must be sacrificed so that one of the animal souls becomes the baby’s
D.   the baby’s soul is transitioning from the afterlife to this world

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