Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	According to Edmund Leach, marriage can accomplish all of the following, except:
		A)	give either (or both) spouse a monopoly in the other's sexuality
		B)	establish a joint fund or property-a partnership-for the benefit of the children.
		C)	establish a socially significant relationship between spouses and their families
		D)	establish the legal father of a woman's children and the legal mother of a man's children
		E)	All of the above statements about marriage are true.


2	Which of the following statements about berdaches is not true?
		A)	Berdaches are biological males who have assumed many of the gender roles assigned to women.
		B)	Berdaches sometimes married men.
		C)	Berdaches fill the wifely role when they marry.
		D)	Berdaches are used in the textbook as an example of one of the shortcomings of same-sex marriage.
		E)	Several Native American groups have berdaches.


3	Which of the following statements about incest is not true?
		A)	Incest refers to the rules that dictate marriage within a group to which a person belongs.
		B)	Incest is defined differently by different cultures.
		C)	Incest is a cultural universal.
		D)	Incest refers to sexual relations with someone considered to be a close relative.
		E)	All of the above statements about incest are true.


4	Which of the following is your cross cousin?
		A)	your mother's sister's daughter
		B)	your father's brother's daughter
		C)	your mother's brother's son
		D)	your mother's sister's son
		E)	your father's brother's daughter


5	Which of the following is your parallel cousin?
		A)	your mother's brother's daughter
		B)	your mother's sister's son
		C)	your father's sister's daughter
		D)	your mother's brother's son
		E)	your father's sister's son


6	What of the following is not cited in the textbook as evidence to refute the idea that incest horror is instinctive?
		A)	The use of fire is a cultural universal, but it is not instinctive.
		B)	If it were instinctive, the incest taboo would be the same in all human populations.
		C)	If it were instinctive, we would not need cultural rules to forbid it.
		D)	The incest taboo in humans is identical to the incest taboo found in chimpanzee populations.
		E)	The fact that what is considered to be incest differs around the world.


7	What is endogamy?
		A)	It refers to the rules that dictate marriage outside a group to which a person belongs.
		B)	It is synonymous with cross-cousin marriage.
		C)	It refers to the rules that dictate marriage within a group to which a person belongs.
		D)	It refers to forbidden sexual relations with a close relative.
		E)	It refers to the custom by which the children of two brothers or two sisters marry.


8	Which of the following statements about India's caste system is not true?
		A)	It is an extreme example of endogamy.
		B)	A man who has sex with a lower-caste woman cannot restore his ritual purity.
		C)	Occupational specialization often sets off one caste from another.
		D)	Contact with a member of the untouchable caste is considered defiling.
		E)	The castes are endogamous, but many are internally subdivided into exogamous lineages.


9	Which of the following statements about royal incest in traditional Hawai'i is not true?
		A)	It functioned to downplay status differences between individuals.
		B)	It functioned to limit conflicts about succession.
		C)	Royal incest concentrated mana in the chiefly lineage.
		D)	It reduced the number of royal heirs.
		E)	It functioned to keep the royal estate intact.


10	Which of the following statements about dowry is true?
		A)	Dowry is sometimes called progeny price.
		B)	Dowry and bridewealth are synonyms.
		C)	The dowry compensates the bride's kin for the loss of her companionship and labor.
		D)	Dowry refers to the gift given by the husband and his kin to the bride and her kin.
		E)	None of the above statements about dowry are true.


11	Which of the following statements about bridewealth is not true?
		A)	Bridewealth exists in more cultures than dowry does.
		B)	As the value of bridewealth increases, marriages become more stable.
		C)	The bridewealth compensates the bride's kin for the loss of her companionship and labor.
		D)	Bridewealth is the exchange of gifts from the bride and her kin to the groom's kin.
		E)	Bridewealth is sometimes called progeny price.


12	What is levirate marriage?
		A)	It refers to the kind of plural marriage in which the woman's husbands are all brothers.
		B)	It refers to the custom by which all the brothers of one family marry all of the sisters of another family.
		C)	It refers to the custom by which a widow marries the brother of her deceased husband.
		D)	It refers to the royal same-sex incest once practiced by traditional Hawaiians to concentrate mana.
		E)	All of the above are true statements about levirate marriage.


13	Which of the following is discussed in the textbook as a reason for the high rate of divorce in the U.S.?
		A)	the large percentage of gainfully employed women
		B)	the value Americans place on independence
		C)	the fact that Protestantism is less stringent on divorce
		D)	the fact that notions of salvation in traditional Protestantism focus on the individual rather than on the household or family
		E)	All of the above are discussed in the textbook as reasons for the high rate of divorce in the U.S.


14	Which of the following statements about polygyny is not true?
		A)	Even in societies where polygyny is practiced, most men are monogamous.
		B)	Polygyny can play an important role in the economic standing of a household, but it has little to do with political functions.
		C)	The custom of men marrying later in life than women promotes polygyny.
		D)	The number of wives is an indicator of a man's household productivity and social position.
		E)	Widows often make up a large number of the women involved in plural marriages.


15	Which of the following statements about polyandry is not true?
		A)	Most polyandrous societies are found in South Asia.
		B)	Polyandry is very rare.
		C)	Polyandry is often a cultural adaptation to male mobility often associated with trade or military operations.
		D)	Polyandry reduces the amount of land fragmentation between generations by limiting the number of wives and heirs.
		E)	All of the above statements about polyandry are true.

2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Any use is subject to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
McGraw-Hill Higher Education is one of the many fine businesses of The McGraw-Hill Companies.