Deck 10: Boundaries: Shaping Time, Space, and Selves

Question 1

Which of the following is the correct order of the anthropological concept, "rites of passage"?

A) incorporation, liminality, separation
B) liminality, separation, incorporation
C) separation, liminality, incorporation
D) the order doesn't matter

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which stage of a rite of passage represents transition through a marginal status?

A) incorporation
B) separation
C) liminality
D) none of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following does not characterize transition rituals?

A) They emphasize creation of life.
B) They only occur in non-Western contexts.
C) They shape specific emotions.
D) They represent the social order.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In the Japanese case study of death rituals, which stage represents separation?

A) cremation or burial
B) the crafting of a household alter in memory of the deceased
C) the replacement of the alter with a plaque
D) the annual Obon festival

Question 5

What is the purpose of a rare practice called secondary burial in Merina culture and other unrelated societies around the world?

A) It provides material signs of the transition from life to afterlife.
B) It represents the finality of the passage of spirit out of the community.
C) It provides closure in the process of dying and mourning.
D) all of the above

Question 6

What is the purpose of carving the bis pole in Asmat society in West Papua in Indonesia?

A) It encourages the deceased's spirit to remain in community, close to loved ones.
B) It is a material way to grieve the dead.
C) It recreates origin myths to match up more closely to colonial religious beliefs.
D) all of the above

Question 7

What is a taboo's biggest role?

A) to separate things deemed to be importantly different
B) to show how a particular society is culturally unique
C) to prove societal morality
D) to prevent incest

Question 8

Which of the following can have taboos integrated into proper process?

A) food
B) clothing
C) sexual practice
D) all of the above

Question 9

Which book of the Bible emphasizes food prohibitions?

A) Genesis
B) Exodus
C) Leviticus
D) Revelations

Question 10

What do differing interpretations in Jewish law about how to honor the Sabbath demonstrate?

A) that boundaries are moveable
B) that most religious texts are not sacred
C) that generational gaps often lead to wholly reinterpreted texts
D) that religion is dying