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Question 1:

All of the following statements about play are false EXCEPT ________.
a) all species play, but humans play the most throughout their lives
b) joking behaviour in adults is best understood as the defiance of social order and not as play
c) the establishment of play boundaries between the real and the imaginary occurs unconsciously
d) play may have the social function of acting to hide one’s motives from others

Question 2:

The introduction of cricket to the Trobriand Islands illustrates ________.
a) how sport was used to control and assimilate people into the colonizing society
b) the stages by which sport becomes professionalized in society
c) the positive effects of sport on community health
d) how sports can reflect cultural values

Question 3:

All of the following statements about art are false EXCEPT ________.
a) art is not bound by rules
b) the Haisla Nation’s G’psgolox totem pole is an example of art by intention
c) an artist’s technical skills are an important part of the transformation-representation process
d) all cultures recognize art as a distinct form and/or activity, defined by certain aesthetic rules

Question 4:

Myths are ________.
a) validated by their ability to relate to the social world in which they exist
b) the products of high verbal art
c) codified as orthodoxy
d) all of the above

Question 5:

The ritualization of behaviour is known as ________.
a) orthodoxy
b) orthography
c) orthopraxy
d) orthology

Question 6:

According to Michelle Bigenho, the authenticity of an artwork can be determined through ________.
a) its commercial value
b) the shared sensory experience it provides to its audience
c) its aesthetic qualities
d) the knowledge of an expert

Question 7:

A ritual ________.
a) contains an element of physical activity or exertion
b) is part of everyday life routines
c) consists of a sequence of symbolic activities
d) is performed by the people that created it

Question 8:

Alternative views of reality can be attained through ________.
a) art
b) play
c) ritual
d) communitas

Question 9:

The Egyptian television series Hilmiyya Nights illustrates ________.
a) how the interpretation of mass media is dependent on the audience’s environment and life experiences
b) the powerful role that mass media can have in influencing societal values and promoting national unity
c) how mass media can be used as a space to experiment with what can be rather than what should be
d) the ability of mass media to shape significant events and changes in society

Question 10:

All of the following statements about art and aesthetics are true EXCEPT ________.
a) a positive response to a work of art can signify aesthetic success
b) a negative response to a work of art can signify aesthetic success
c) aesthetic response is shaped by culture
d) a negative response to a work of art can signify aesthetic failure

Question 11:

Framing and reflexivity are two types of metacommunication used during rites of passage.
a) True
b) False

Question 12:

In play, the two kinds of metacommunication are framing and reflexivity.
a) True
b) False

Question 13:

Claude Lévi-Strauss argued that myths are arranged in ways that give melodic and harmonic coherence.
a) True
b) False

Question 14:

The power of ritual comes from the connection it creates between the performers and the higher powers that sanction the ritual.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Play, art, myth, and ritual are experience independently from one another.
a) True
b) False

Question 16:

Transformation-representation refers to the process through which audiences interpret and contextualize art.
a) True
b) False

Question 17:

Myths allow societies to operate by restricting people to one unifying version of reality.
a) True
b) False

Question 18:

The feeling of oneness associated with communitas can be experienced during play.
a) True
b) False

Question 19:

The Gbagba dance of the Baule is an example of a rite of passage.
a) True
b) False

Question 20:

Sport is often a site of gender segregation.
a) True
b) False

Higher Education

Cultural Anthropology, Third Edition: Chapter 08