Anth 102 - Human Ways of Life » Fall 2019 » Quiz 4

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Question #1
In Nuer ghost marriage, who is the pater of any current and future children?
A.   The genitor
B.   The pro-husband
C.   The dead ghost
D.   The Legal marital partner
Question #2
In Nuer leviratic marriage, a widow is expected to live with her:
A.   Dead husband’s father
B.   Father
C.   Dead husband’s brother
D.   Uncle
Question #3
Which of the following is an example of feminism?
A.   A federal law enforcing the same hourly wage for employees of all sexes.
B.   A teacher who only calls on female students, even when males raise their hands.
C.   A workplace policy that gives men more benefits than women.
D.   All of the above
Question #4
What is the primary role of Nadles in Navajo society?
A.   Dance at weddings to provide blessings for fertility
B.   Communicate with divine spirits
C.   Settle disputes between men and women
D.   Lend spiritual advice in temples regarding issues of reproduction
Question #5
When Margaret Mead went to New Guinea, she found all gender roles identical to the U.S.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #6
Which cultural group might have a female husband?
A.   The !Kung
B.   The Minangkabau
C.   The Nuer
D.   The Trobrianders
Question #7
Which of the following is the most appropriate term for a Native American intersexual person?
A.   Hijra
B.   Two-Spirits
C.   Berdache
D.   Hermaphrodite
Question #8
Which of the following refers to the biological differences between males and females?
A.   Gender
B.   Sex
C.   Masculine
D.   Feminine
Question #9
A transfer of parent’s wealth to their daughter at the time of marriage is called a:
A.   Bride service
B.   Dowry
C.   Bridewealth
D.   Bride price
Question #10
Bifurcated kinship systems distinguish the mother’s side from the father’s side.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #11
Biologically, approximately how many people do not fit into typical male or female categories?
A.   1.70%
B.   0.10%
C.   25%
D.   0.00%
Question #12
The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) protects the rights of homosexuals to marry each other.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #13
When trying to find a spouse, Nuer teenagers are treated with beauty magic by older relatives.
A.   TRUE
B.   FALSE
Question #14
“Gender performance” may best be described as:
A.   The way people express their gender identity.
B.   The biological differences between males and females.
C.   Being sexually ambiguous, or unclear with maleness/femaleness.
D.   All of the above.
Question #15
According to Dana Davis’ work in battered women’s shelters, what are fictive kin?
A.   When battered women leave their spouse and are essentially on their own.
B.   People with no biological relationship that are considered family.
C.   People with a biological relationship that are not considered familiy
D.   Distant blood-relatives that are heavily involved in someone’s life.
Question #16
According to text and other sources, today men and women in the US always earn equal pay in the workplace
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #17
Today, most Hijra India live very high class lifestyles in Hindu temples, receiving lots of money and gifts for dancing at weddings.
A.   FALSE
B.   TRUE
Question #18
Which of the following is NOT one of Chrys Ingraham’s criticisms of American “White Weddings”(2008)?
A.   Weddings can symbolize unequal relations between men and women.
B.   Young girls are socialized to have expensive and romanticized weddings.
C.   The wedding culture reinforces only heterosexual norms.
D.   Same sex marriages are now legal in the United States.
Question #19
Harvard-trained biologist and zoologist Alfred Kinsey's study on human sexuality revealed which of the following?
A.   a set of simplistic sexual categories
B.   a continuum of sexual behavior
C.   a strict dichotomy between heterosexuality and homosexuality
D.   most Americans identified as homosexual
E.   sexual behaviors remain fixed over the course of a lifetime

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