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1.
Somebody comments: I practice a religion in which there are no spirits, rituals, or
religious authorities. What would the response be from the point of view of this course?
A.
There may have been spirits and rituals in the past.
B.
Spirits and rituals may evolve in the future.
C.
What you are practicing is, by our definition, not a religion.
D.
We have to broaden our definition of religion to include options such as those.
E.
You should get yourself a better religion.
2.
Two anthropologists want to find out if prayer by others has an effect on the curing of
illness. Researcher X will ask people what their views are. Researcher Y will do a
controlled statistical comparison of recovery speed by two different groups of patients.
The difference between these two approaches is now generally referred to in
anthropology as the __________ distinction.
A. functional / structural
B. personal / collective C. emic / etic
D. subjective / objective
E. speculative / empirical
3.
Beginning with the largest and working downward, the three most important religions in
the world, numerically speaking, are
A Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
B. Islam, Christianity, and Judaism
C. Islam, Christianity, and Hinduism
D. Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism
E. Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism.
4.
To say that a particular religious custom is performed for useful reasons that may not be
known by the people themselves would be classified as a type of ___________ analysis.
A. interpretive B. hieratic C. functional D. utilitarian E. Macchiavellian
Match each of the following authors with the position which he espoused concerning the
difference between magic and religion. Use the following sentence frame.
" Religion is _______ whereas magic is _______. "
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8.
Durkheim
Frazier
Aberle
A. supplication / manipulation
B. rational / irrational
C. communal / individual
D. feminine / masculine
E. social environment / natural environment
Euhemerism refers to:
A.
the view that religion arises from irrational impulses
B.
a veiled reference to something considered impolite
C.
the view that myths arose from glorified accounts of the deeds of dead rulers
D.
a burst blood vessel
E.
a writing system utilized by the ancient Egyptians
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9.
Use of an enemy’s toenail trimmings to inflict harm on him is an example of:
A. mana
B. homeopathic magic C. churinga D. contagious magic E. sanitation
10.
Mussa and Issa are
A.
medieval Islamic scholars of comparative religion.
B.
Islamic holy days preceding and following the month of Ramadan
C.
the angels believed to have revealed the Qur'an to Muhammad
D.
names in the Qur'an given to founding figures in Judaism and Christianity.
E.
owners of the falafel shop on West University
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