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Question 1:

Earth Diver tales are common to which region?
a) North America
b) Australia
c) South America
d) Africa

Question 2:

Indigenous “art” is fundamentally about which of the following?
a) The art itself
b) The community
c) Relationships
d) Rituals

Question 3:

Which colour do Maori weavers use to represent the physical world itself?
a) White
b) Black
c) Red
d) Yellow

Question 4:

To restore good relations with an ancestor, which people uses the sacrifice of a cow?
a) Nuer
b) Xhosa
c) Sioux
d) Ainu

Question 5:

Colonialism is associated with which of the following?
a) Loss of religion
b) Loss of language
c) Loss of land
d) All of the Above

Question 6:

The proverb “As one fern frond dies, another is born to take its place” comes from which group?
a) Maori
b) Navajo
c) Xhosa
d) Dogon

Question 7:

When is the initiation of sacred healers of the Pondos completed?
a) When the initiate dreams of a particular animal
b) When the initiate dreams of a particular ancestor
c) When a vision quest is undertaken
d) When the initiate is separated from the community

Question 8:

What does the white cloth of the Banu community help the community to do?
a) Show joy
b) Preserve resources
c) Participate in ritual purity
d) Cope with pain, disruption, and loss

Question 9:

Witch which of the following is a vision quest often associated?
a) Anishinaubae
b) Adulthood
c) Initiation
d) All of the above

Question 10:

What is a marae in Maori culture?
a) A religious and social home
b) A form of resistance and renewal
c) A type of religious icon
d) A type of animal sacrifice

Question 11:

Which people refer to a form of pregnancy in their origin stories?
a) Aborigines
b) Dogon
c) Newa
d) Navajo

Question 12:

What do Navajo communities perform before a newly constructed Hogan is occupied?
a) The Vision Quest
b) The Ghost Dance
c) The Blessingway ritual
d) The Sun Dance

Question 13:

Which of the following is a trickster story?
a) Love Magic
b) The Bone People
c) The Song My Paddle Sings
d) Red Willows

Question 14:

What does the term terra nullius mean?
a) No one’s land
b) Everyone’s land
c) The centre of the land
d) The centre of the universe

Question 15:

Totem poles are produced in which region?
a) South America
b) Pacific Northwest
c) Atlantic Canada
d) Australia

Question 16:

The Ghost Dance is primarily associated with which group?
a) Paiute
b) Navajo
c) Lakota Sioux
d) Xhosa

Question 17:

What are tricksters?
a) Shape-changers
b) Cultural heroes
c) Violators of social order
d) All of the above

Question 18:

Oral cultures historically have been seen by scholars as which of the following?
a) Scientific
b) Advanced
c) Primitive
d) Civilized

Question 19:

Who benefits from the Yoruba initiation ceremony?
a) The initiate
b) Everyone
c) The priests
d) No one

Question 20:

The Ainu of Japan used to use which of the following animals in their central sacrifice?
a) Dogs
b) Tigers
c) Bears
d) Lions

Higher Education

A Concise Introduction to World Religions, Third Edition: Chapter 2