ANT 101 Week 2 Quiz 1

ANT 101  Week 2 Quiz 1 | ashford university

Week 3 - Quiz

Question 1

Which of the following statements are true of arranged marriages?  

·         They are treated as emotional matters, not legal matters.  

·         They tend to be arranged by the mother of the bride.   

·         They are still practiced in a number of countries.  

·         They give daughters substantial influence over spousal choice.

  

Question 2

According to Lehne, a major source of customary homophobia is  

·         hierarchy.    

·         childrearing customs. 

·         physiology.  

·         psychopathology.

 

Question 3

What best defines class?  

·         Class is based on religious concepts. 

·         Membership is determined by birth, and individuals cannot move from one social stratum to another.   

·         Class is a broad stratum that is made up of unrelated families. 

·         All classes are kinds of castes.

 

Question 4

Puberty rituals mainly function in which of the following ways?  

·         They encourage children to be interdependent.  

·         They build solidarity among the entire group. 

·         They reinstate the child’s role. 

·         They display loose family ties.

 

Question 5

Until the 1920s, footbinding was a common practice in 

·         Africa.  

·         China.  

·         Native North America. 

·         India.

 

Question 6

How do people generally choose which of their various roles to play?  

·         They adopt whatever role(s) others seem to expect.  

·         They choose whatever role they have not had a chance to play recently.  

·         They generally choose the most appropriate role, depending on the situation.  

·         They vary their roles rather unpredictably.

 

Question 7

In which system of descent are children likely to be thought of as immediate descendants of both parents?  

·         Ambilineal  

·         Bilateral  

·         Patrilineal  

·         Matrilineal

 

Question 8

Matrilineality is the principle of descent in what percentage of world societies?  

·         35 percent  

·         25 percent   

·         15 percent 

·         5 percent

 

Question 9

In the U.S., same-sex marriage  

·         is legal in some U.S. states, but not others.  

·         has been legal since the 1996 passage of DOMA. 

·         has been banned in very few states.

·         is no longer practiced.

Question 10

Which of the following would BEST be classified as an ascribed status in the United States?  

·         African American  

·         Psychiatric patient  

·         Colleague 

·         Senator