Question 1

What is a major difference between witchcraft accusations between African and New Guinea societies and those of North America and Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  In North America and Europe, men were more likely to be accused of witchcraft. In Africa and New Guinea, women were more likely the targets. 
B)  Witchcraft is absent from the American and European context. 
C)  There were no major differences between the two contexts. 
D)  The source of the witchcraft was thought to be Satan rather than an individual. 
A)  In North America and Europe, men were more likely to be accused of witchcraft. In Africa and New Guinea, women were more likely the targets. 
B)  Witchcraft is absent from the American and European context. 
C)  There were no major differences between the two contexts. 
D)  The source of the witchcraft was thought to be Satan rather than an individual. D

Question 2

Why did the Gebusi have one of the highest homicide rates in the world until the mid-1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  civil war 
B)  genocide 
C)  sorcery killings and direct reciprocity 
D)  none of the above 
A)  civil war 
B)  genocide 
C)  sorcery killings and direct reciprocity 
D)  none of the above C

Question 3

Which of the following terms refers to the presence of special powers within a person?

Accepted Answer

A)  witchcraft 
B)  sorcery 
C)  magic 
D)  voodoo 
A)  witchcraft 
B)  sorcery 
C)  magic 
D)  voodoo B

Question 4

Which of the following arguments would E.E. Evans-Pritchard most likely make about witchcraft?

Accepted Answer

A)  Witchcraft shows the irrational nature of the Azande. 
B)  Witchcraft is a form of resistance to colonialism. 
C)  Witchcraft provides a way for people to understand uncertainty. 
D)  Witchcraft is harmful to society. 
A)  Witchcraft shows the irrational nature of the Azande. 
B)  Witchcraft is a form of resistance to colonialism. 
C)  Witchcraft provides a way for people to understand uncertainty. 
D)  Witchcraft is harmful to society.

Question 5

In Azande culture, the substance that can give forth emanations that cause misfortune is called what?

Accepted Answer

A)  mangu 
B)  oracles 
C)  poison 
D)  the life essence of chickens 
A)  mangu 
B)  oracles 
C)  poison 
D)  the life essence of chickens

Question 6

Which of the following is demonstrative of "direct reciprocity"?

Accepted Answer

A)  I give you $5 and you give that $5 to a charity. 
B)  I give you $5 and you give me $5 worth of candy. 
C)  I give you $5, and your mom pays me $10 six months later. 
D)  You give me $5 and I say thank you. 
A)  I give you $5 and you give that $5 to a charity. 
B)  I give you $5 and you give me $5 worth of candy. 
C)  I give you $5, and your mom pays me $10 six months later. 
D)  You give me $5 and I say thank you.

Question 7

Which of the following groups are usually people intimately known?

Accepted Answer

A)  witches 
B)  sorcerers 
C)  magicians 
D)  medicine men 
A)  witches 
B)  sorcerers 
C)  magicians 
D)  medicine men

Question 8

Throughout Africa, local accusations of witchcraft have disproportionately been targeted towards which group?

Accepted Answer

A)  men 
B)  women 
C)  almost an equal number of men and women 
D)  we don't have the data to know 
A)  men 
B)  women 
C)  almost an equal number of men and women 
D)  we don't have the data to know

Question 9

What triggered the Salem witchcraft accusation outbreak of 1692?

Accepted Answer

A)  a murder 
B)  a group of girls acting strangely 
C)  an adulterer caught in the act 
D)  a minister found guilty of treason 
A)  a murder 
B)  a group of girls acting strangely 
C)  an adulterer caught in the act 
D)  a minister found guilty of treason

Question 10

Which of the following groups embody harmfulness?

Accepted Answer

A)  sorcerers 
B)  witches 
C)  both sorcerers and witches 
D)  neither sorcerers nor witches 
A)  sorcerers 
B)  witches 
C)  both sorcerers and witches 
D)  neither sorcerers nor witches

What is a major difference between witchcraft accusations between African and New Guinea societies and those of North America and Europe?

Why did the Gebusi have one of the highest homicide rates in the world until the mid-1980s?

Which of the following terms refers to the presence of special powers within a person?

Which of the following arguments would E.E. Evans-Pritchard most likely make about witchcraft?

In Azande culture, the substance that can give forth emanations that cause misfortune is called what?

Which of the following is demonstrative of "direct reciprocity"?

Which of the following groups are usually people intimately known?

Throughout Africa, local accusations of witchcraft have disproportionately been targeted towards which group?

What triggered the Salem witchcraft accusation outbreak of 1692?

Which of the following groups embody harmfulness?

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Exam 9: Embodied Harmfulness

What is a major difference between witchcraft accusations between African and New Guinea societies and those of North America and Europe?

Why did the Gebusi have one of the highest homicide rates in the world until the mid-1980s?

Which of the following terms refers to the presence of special powers within a person?

Which of the following arguments would E.E. Evans-Pritchard most likely make about witchcraft?

In Azande culture, the substance that can give forth emanations that cause misfortune is called what?

Which of the following is demonstrative of "direct reciprocity"?

Which of the following groups are usually people intimately known?

Throughout Africa, local accusations of witchcraft have disproportionately been targeted towards which group?

What triggered the Salem witchcraft accusation outbreak of 1692?

Which of the following groups embody harmfulness?

Studying Religion Through Practice

Social Theory and the Anthropology of Religion

Authority and Centralization

States, Secularisms and Religions

Meanings and Materiality

Material Transformations in Catholicism

Transatlantic Religions

Embodiment and Materiality in Healing

Boundaries: Shaping Time, Space, and Selves

Speech and Grace in Protestantism

Revelation and Authority in Islam

Virtual Religion

Migration and Diaspora

Religious Mobilizing

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