Deck 9: Embodied Harmfulness

Question 1

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

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following groups embody harmfulness?

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

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following groups are usually people intimately known?

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

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

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?

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

Question 6

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

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

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

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

What triggered the Salem witchcraft accusation outbreak of 1692?

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

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

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.