Multiple Choice Quiz

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1		The Aztec Sun Carrier of this age is ________________.
			A)	Tecçiztecatl, one of the high status gods who met to create this world.
			B)	Nanautzin, a god of rather low status.
			C)	Quetzalcoatl, who also created this world.
			D)	Tezcatlipoca, who populated this world by creating its people.
2		Symbolism expresses meanings through the use of _______________.
			A)	symbols alone.
			B)	signs alone.
			C)	both signs and symbols.
			D)	neither signs nor symbols.
3		In Navajo cosmology, Changing Woman symbolizes _______________.
			A)	change in the seasons and the centrality of change human experience.
			B)	art.
			C)	the weather.
			D)	old age.
4		According to the text, cosmologies are _______________.
			A)	highly arbitrary.
			B)	unpredictable.
			C)	influenced by the social order in which they are found.
			D)	essentially the same everywhere.
5		Based on Guy Swanson's studies, we might infer that circumstances that might likely be associated with a belief that each individual has a personal soul would include _______________.
			A)	life in which most people live among strangers in large urban environments
			B)	the importance of cooperative communal labor in a society's subsistence economy.
			C)	child rearing customs that emphasize helpfulness and fulfilling one's obligations as members of the community.
			D)	life in small communities.
6		Which of the following does Schoeck not mention as readily suspected of being a jettatore?
			A)	barren women.
			B)	strangers.
			C)	widows.
			D)	wealthy and successful persons.
7		Navajo skinwalkers _______________.
			A)	begin life as ordinary persons.
			B)	are never religious curers.
			C)	simply look human outwardly, but are skinwalkers from birth.
			D)	are most likely poor individuals who try not to stand out in a crowd.
8		The text mentions all of the following about keris knives in Malaysia EXCEPT:
			A)	every adult Malay man must have a keris knife.
			B)	keris knives are needed for daily use as practical tools.
			C)	keris knives have spiritual benefits for their owners.
			D)	a keris knife may be spiritually harmful if paired with the wrong owner.
9		According to the text, on ceremonial occasions, the Hopi interact with their gods _______________.
			A)	only by praying to them.
			B)	by recalling their exploits during public recitations of Hopi myths.
			C)	by private meditation.
			D)	by having some Hopi don masks so that the gods can actually visit the village.
10		In Balinese religion, the war between good and evil _______________.
			A)	will eventually end with the triumph of good over evil.
			B)	will eventually end with the triumph of evil over good followed by perpetual darkness.
			C)	will eventually end with the triumph of evil over good followed by the end of the world and the creation of a new, better world.
			D)	will continue so long as the world lasts with neither side being permanently overcome.