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Chapter 4: Ritual and Rites of Passage Quiz
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1.
There are only a few religions in the world today.
False
True
2.
Powers or phenomena that are not subject to the laws of nature are called
supernatural
rite of passage
ritual
religion
3.
Religion is considered a cultural universal.
True
False
4.
Features that unite the definition of religion include:
belief in a cosmic order
supported by symbols and symbolic behavior
is widely shared in a society
all are correct
5.
For non-Western societies there is often no special term or concept of religion.
True
False
6.
Rituals
prevent or create transformations
are symbolic
reflect ideologies
all are correct
7.
Rituals that ensure a transformation from one life stage are calledto another life stage
supernaturals
animism
rites of passage
taboo
8.
Sarah Tenoi is
a woman who underwent the bullet ant ceremony
a Diné woman who had a Kinaalda cermeony
a Penetcostal land diver
a Masai woman working to transform the ritual of female circumcision
9.
The idea that the natural world is endowed with souls or consciousness is called
ritual
rite of passage
animism
luck
10.
Rituals that mark the transition from childhood to adulthood are called
coming-of-age ceremonies
animism
taboos
hunting magic
11.
The intense feeling of togetherness and ecstatic excitement that accompanies ritual is called
animatism
kinaalda
collective efforvescence
ritual
12.
Bruce Hood showed that
people want to buy Marilyn Monroe's dress
speaking in tongues changes brain chemistry
most people will refuse to wear a serial killer's sweater, even if they outwardly do not believe in magic
the earliest evidence for supernatural belief goes back to the Paleolithic
13.
James Frazer coined the term __________________ to refer to magic based on “like produces like”
principle of contagion
sympathetic magic
cultural relativity
collective efforvescence
14.
Some of the earliest evidence for supernatural belief is
written religious texts
Pleistocene cave paintings possibly depicting sympathetic magic
Stonehenge
the Pyramids of Giza
15.
Belief in supreme deities is called
sympathetic magic
theism
animism
animatism
16.
Archaeologist and priest Abbe Henri Breuil suggested that ancient paintings of animals on the walls of European caves were a form of
sympathetic hunting magic
fertility magic
clan warfare
primitive writing
17.
In Sulawesi, Indonesia, a person isn’t considered dead until
the ceremonial rite of passage for the dead has been conducted
their brain stops functioning
a death certificate is issued
their heart stops
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