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Quiz 2 Week 4

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Question 1 of 20 2.5 Points
Dr. Marvin Harris believes that people do cultural things for

A.primarily practical reasons

B.primarily traditional reasons

C.primarily religious reasons

D.All of the above

E.Only b and c
Answer Key: A

Question 2 of 20 2.5 Points
Muslim and Jewish dietary laws are very similar. The most likely theory is:

A.they are spiritually and doctrinally very close

B.they both arose in the same geographical area

C.they both arose in the same ecological zone

D.they are culturally very similar

E.all of the above
Answer Key: E

Question 3 of 20 2.5 Points
Most Buddhist Asians eat animal flesh, notwithstanding the ahimsa principles of their faith because:

A.ahimsa only is required if you are living in or visiting India

B.poor people can't get adequate protein in their diet if they don't

C.most Asian Buddhists don't really understand their faith; it's too complicated
D.mendicant monks are required to eat whatever they are given

E.the Buddha never said that his followers could not kill ducks and geese
Answer Key: B

Question 4 of 20 2.5 Points
Harris would say that the underlying reason for Middle Eastern religions having a pork aversion is:

A.people have deep religious convictions

B.pigs are not suited to hot, dry climates

C.pork tastes like human flesh and eating pork predisposes people to become people-eaters
D.pork meat is more easily spoiled than mutton or lamb

E.male-dominated cultures tend to have pork aversion

F.the sheep prefer to share their paddocks with goats, not pigs
Answer Key: B

Question 5 of 20 2.5 Points
Discovering additional practical advantages of a religious injunction,

A.proves that science is more important than religion

B.allows scientists to see how a particular belief system benefitted a culture
C.allows scientists to study cultures that are similar to their own