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The Haggadah is _______________. |
| | A) | a Jewish commentary on the Torah. |
| | B) | a Hindu commentary on the Vedas. |
| | C) | a book of directions for conducting a Seder meal. |
| | D) | a book of directions for conducting Hindu worship. |
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Which of the following characterizes the relationship between ritual and feelings? |
| | A) | Rituals are always associated with reverence, awe, and dread. |
| | B) | Rituals tend to evoke heightened emotions. |
| | C) | Rituals are most often associated with feelings of guilt. |
| | D) | Rituals are not usually associated with any emotion. |
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Hopi Clowns symbolize _______________. |
| | A) | overcoming loss and grief. |
| | B) | the importance of tradition. |
| | C) | the foibles of old age. |
| | D) | youth, impetuousness, vigor, and hypersexuality, and their buffoonery. |
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Hopi Clowns should be responded to with _______________. |
| | A) | fear. |
| | B) | reverence. |
| | C) | laughter. |
| | D) | tears. |
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According to Clifford Geertz, the Navajo ethic prizes _______________. |
| | A) | calm deliberateness, untiring persistence, and dignified caution. |
| | B) | impetuous action. |
| | C) | aggressive dominance. |
| | D) | cheerful comradery. |
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Aboriginal Australian totemic rituals _______________. |
| | A) | required cooperation among members of different local communities who belonged to the same clans. |
| | B) | were performed by the local community, since they were all members of the same clan. |
| | C) | were performed by members of different clans. |
| | D) | had no connection to kin groups. |
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According to Victor Turner, the two most important categories of religious symbols that are found in rituals are _______________. |
| | A) | patriotic symbols and ethnocentric symbols. |
| | B) | mythological symbols and ideological symbols. |
| | C) | ideological symbols and emotional symbols. |
| | D) | sensory symbols and ideological symbols. |
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Which of the following is not symbolized by the Ndembu Milk Tree? |
| | A) | the conflict between men and women. |
| | B) | the Ndembu matrilineage. |
| | C) | mother's milk. |
| | D) | nurturing of child by mother as the bond that unites society. |
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Which of the following is NOT a circumstance that Guy Swanson found to be correlated with a belief that there are supernatural sanctions for moral behavior? |
| | A) | differences in wealth. |
| | B) | equality of inheritance by all children. |
| | C) | the presence of debts |
| | D) | the presence of social classes |
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As discussed by Mary Douglas, which of the following would NOT be a natural symbol? |
| | A) | eating to represent the admission of a new member of the group. |
| | B) | sexuality to express the desire for the survival of society. |
| | C) | cutting one's hair to represent chastity. |
| | D) | using stones to represent weaknesses. |
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