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Q: According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges), a woman named Sita contracted leprosy at the age of 14, then started but later discontinued treatment in order to hide her disease from her husband and relatives when she was married.

Q: Abu-Lughod (Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?) disagrees with Laura Bush's assertion that liberating Afghan women is a reason to go to war.

Q: According to Boxer (The Military Name Game), code names for military operations originated with the Germans in World War II and were intended to be secret.

Q: According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges), lepers travel to Varanasi because they believe the Ganges will cure their condition.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) describe research on women's power conducted by Ernestine Friedl. They note that Friedl found that ________ was a key to power and equality for women in hunter/gatherer societies.a. the volume of vegetable matter women can collectb. the (high) number of children women bearc. women's production and control and publicly shared food and goodsd. women's control over the political processe. women's ability to endure hardship

Q: Boxer (The Military Name Game) shows how a modern computer program entitled "Code Word, Nickname, and Exercise Term System," or NICKA for short, has solved most of the problems encountered by the Pentagon as it generates code names for military operations.

Q: According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges), Leprosy is a highly contagious but easily treatable disease.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) note that no longer holding a high-ranking job is a problem for a woman's prestige. What can she do to retain prestige when she spends all her time at home? a. Note what her high prestige jobs had been. b. Argue that being a stay-at-home mom is actually more important. c. Note that she and her husband could not afford nannies. d. two of the above e. a, b, and c above

Q: According to Boxer (The Military Name Game), despite every effort to make them benign, most recent attempts at naming military operations manage to offend someone.

Q: According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges), the Indian city of Varanasi is a religious center on the shores of the Ganges, a river Indians believe has the ability to absorb one's troubles and sins.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) state that _______ "pushes" women to leave work for a life at home. a. nostalgia b. the second shift c. to be with children d. job loss e. none of the above

Q: Boxer (The Military Name Game) asserts that the original World War II purpose of naming military operations was to generate public approval for them.

Q: According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges), medical anthropologists focus their ethnographic research on the social aspects of disease.

Q: According to Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon), factors that pull women to resign from work and return to home full time include a. being with their children. b. lower stress. c. sense of responsibility. d. nostalgia. e. all of the above

Q: According to Boxer (The Military Name Game), the military uses a two-word sequence to describe military operations.

Q: According to Barrett (Leprosy on the Ganges), medical anthropologists treat disease and illness as related but different concepts.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) claim that it is mostly __________ who are most likely to leave the work force for life at home. a. single mothers b. women in their twenties and thirties c. college educated and professional women d. two of the above e. a, b, and c above

Q: According to Boxer (The Military Name Game), names for military operations have little effect on the way the public perceives such actions.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), which statement is not true about the Tswana? a. Tswana value close friendships. b. Tswana feel privacy is abnormal for people. c. Tswana often lie to avoid conflict. d. Tswana value hospitality and one's ability to be social. e. Tswana see many Americans as loud, pushy, back slapping people.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) argue that a key to women's rank is a. control over family finances. b. having a large number of children. c. obtaining high-ranking occupational positions. d. their contribution of goods and services toward family maintenance. e. the increase in societal values on equality.

Q: According to Deutscher, Guugu Yumithiir indicated direction based on a. egocentric criteria. b. geographic criteria. c. both egocentric and geographic criteria. d. distance criteria. e. perceived environmental features.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Tswana see greeting others as a(n) a. waste of time. b. way to be polite. c. strategy to avoid work. d. time to size up other people's intentions. e. essential act and time to exchange news.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) state that being with their children, lower stress, and nostalgia are all factors that pull women from work to home.

Q: According to Deutscher, the problem with Whorf's hypothesis about language and thought was that it a. was too rigid. b. applied only to American Indian languages. c. ignored the importance of grammar. d. ignored the social context within which languages are framed. e. none of the above

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Tswana believe that being alone is a a. time to think. b. way to experience a religious experience. c. necessary part of resting. d. time for secrets. e. way to avoid work.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) note that the term "glass ceiling" means that a women has finally reached the highest position that can be attained in her place of work.

Q: Which one of the following provides evidence that language leads to particular habits of thought? a. The confusion about the sex of objects and people encountered by English speakers because the language lacks an indicator for gender. b. The inability of Guugu Yumithiir speakers to tell which side of someone an object is lying because their language only permits them to speak about geographic directions. c. The inability of Balinese dancers to teach each other steps because they lack geographical terms for direction. d. The inability of Hopi Indians to tell time because their language lacks verbs that indicate the past and present. e. The fact that speakers of German and French tended to apply female voices to grammatically indicated feminine objects in an experiment.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), which one of the following statements about Peace Corps volunteers is true? a. They easily recognize Tswana class and age distinctions. b. They are able to make a good lie in many cases rather than tell the truth. c They like their privacy and resent it when Tswana interrupt their tranquility. d. They are offended by the usual candor of Tswana speech. e. They prefer informal rather than written contracts.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) note that a factor they call "the second shift" pulls women out of the work force for a life at home.

Q: Based on Deutcher's article, which one of the following is not true? a. The Guugu Yumithiir of Australia use only geographic words to indicate direction. b. German and French both grammatically apply gender to objects and people. c. The Balinese do not use egocentric words to indicate direction. d. Children who grow up in societies that only use geography to indicate direction develop an exceptional ability to tell directions. e. The word "bed" is female in Hebrew.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Tswana see time as a. lineal b. connected to events. Time happens when events happen. c. a non concept. Tswana do not think in terms of time. d. measured by a cycle of ritual occasions. e. none of the above

Q: According to Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) the "100-hour couple" phenomenon is a factor that "pushes" women to leave the workforce.

Q: According to Deutscher, the Australian language, Guugu Yumithiir, a. contains words for only four different colors. b. contains words for only egocentric directions. c. expresses directions only in geographic terms. d. grammatically assigns gender to inanimate objects. e. has no verbs to indicate when an action will occur.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), which one of the following is not a way Peace Corps volunteers see themselves? a. One should respect Tswana for their knowledge of the environment. b. They are experts, there to teach the less fortunate. c. They are making a sacrifice to serve others. d. The Tswana have asked them to come to Botswana. e. They are expected to impart Western ideas.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) that for a variety of reasons, Millennials, women in their twenties and thirties, are leaving work for home

Q: According to Deutscher, Roman Jacobson argues that language a. determines perception. b. makes a difference between what it allows us to think and what it requires us to think. c. is unrelated to perception. People everywhere can perceive the same things in the same way. d. contains two ways to indicate direction. e. is caused by perception. As our perceptions change, so does language.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Peace Corps volunteers feel they are making a sacrifice to serve other, less fortunate people, and that they are the experts in relations with local people.

Q: Shandy and Moe (The Opt-Out Phenomenon) that for a variety of reasons, "baby boomers," women in the forties and fifties, are leaving work for home

Q: Deutscher (You Are What You Speak) argues that we do sense colors slightly differently depending on how we linguistically classify them.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Peace Corps volunteers tend to force people like the Tswana to do what they, the volunteers, consider is needed.

Q: Mann (You@Work) encourages job seekers to a. rant against others on the Internet. b. leave embarrassing personal information on social networks. c. ignore what family and friends place about you on the Internet. d. place embarrassing photos of themselves on their personal Websites. e. none of the above

Q: According to Deutscher (You Are What You Speak), speakers of German, French, and other languages that linguistically assign gender to objects are so used to the convention that they don"t think of things in gendered terms.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Americans reveal intimate information about themselves to friends. Tswana feel revealing secrets is dangerous.

Q: According to Mann (You@Work), employers use the Internet to a. find Websites created by applicants. b. verify the accuracy of an applicant's college degrees, certifications, and licenses. c compare applicant's resumes with those he or she posted on other job sites. d. discover an applicant's personal and sexual relationships with others. e. ask for an applicants' salary expectations.

Q: Deutscher (You Are What You Speak) although Guugu Yimithirr speakers use a geographic approach when they talk about directions, such speech does not affect their ability to accurately sense their bearings.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Tswana farmers fail to recognize the subtle references about sex, age, and class in the English language of Peace Corps volunteers .

Q: Mann (You@Work) warns against which one of the following? a. asking your friends and family to remove overly personal or unflattering information about you on their Websites or social networks. b. checking company Websites for descriptions of jobs. c. posting your resume on more than one professional Website. d. creating your own Website. e. none of the above

Q: According to Deutscher (You Are What You Speak) there are two ways a language can indicate directiongeographic and egocentricand English speakers can use them both.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), the Tswana like their privacy and resent American volunteers when the latter invade their space.

Q: Mann (You@Work) notes the following attributes of employers today. Which one is not an attribute of today's employers? a. They often list job openings on the Internet. b. They dislike employees who "job hop" from one company to another. c. They often "google" job applicants before they decide to interview them. d. They may post application forms on the Internet. e. They may check the Internet for an applicant's credit rating and other personal information.

Q: Deutscher (You Are What You Speak) argues that language neither organizes a prison house nor is uninvolved in how we think.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Tswana are liable to show up at a volunteer's door when the American says "We should get together sometime."

Q: According to Mann (You@Work), the status of _________ is a good example of an ascribed status. a. daughter b. friend c. employer d. doctor e. caretaker

Q: Deutscher (You Are What You Speak) notes that the Guugu Yimithirr of Australia use a geographic approach when they indicate where things are.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Tswana farmers speak about their feelings with candor.

Q: Mann (You@Work) notes that employers often post everything from information about their companies to job descriptions and applications on the Internet, so the net is a good place to search for a job.

Q: According to Deutscher (You Are What You Speak), Benjamin Lee Whorf argued that despite speaking different languages, people everywhere think alike.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Peace Corps volunteers conceive of time as lineal while Tswana associate it with events.

Q: Mann (You@Work) stresses the importance of first filing your application and resume by U.S. mail because it is a more formal and impressive medium.

Q: According to Deutscher (You Are What You Speak), a word categories and grammar of people's language prevent speakers from perceiving the way other speakers see the world.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Peace Corps volunteers maintained an aloof distance when they talked with Tswana farmers.

Q: Mann (You@Work) notes that employers usually use the Internet on the first round of hiring to rank applicants.

Q: According to Bohannan, the Tiv approved of a. Hamlet's desire to kill his father's brother. b. Hamlet's desire to kill Polonius. c. Ophelia's attraction to Polonius. d. Hamlet's hasty marriage to Ophilia. e. Hamlet's mother's hasty marriage to her dead husband's brother.

Q: According to Alverson (Advice for Developers), Peace Corps volunteers working in Botswana often isolated themselves, hung out with other Americans or Europeans, felt spiteful toward the Tswana, and failed to complete contracts.

Q: According to Mann (You@Work), it is best to avoid listing yourself on professional websites because competitors can access your information too.

Q: When the Tiv informed Laura Bohannan that she must be wrong about Hamlet's father's ghost because the dead cannot talk, they displayed what anthropologists call a. culture shock. b. naive realism. c. ethnography. d. tacit culture. e. cross-cultural solidarity.

Q: Any use of anthropological knowledge by anthropologists to increase the power of self- determination of a particular cultural group is called a. action anthropology. b. academic anthropology. c. advocate anthropology. d. adjustment anthropology. e. administrative anthropology.

Q: According to Mann (You@Work), it is important to ask family and friends to be careful about what they post about you on the Internet.

Q: Four of the following describe ways the Tiv interpreted the story of Hamlet? Which one does not? a. The Tiv felt that the ghost of Hamlet's father was really an omen sent by a witch. b. The Tiv decided that Laertes killed his sister, Ophelia, through witchcraft. c. The Tiv were pleased by the quick marriage of Hamlet's mother to her dead husband's brother. d. The Tiv approved of Hamlet's desire to kill his father's brother. e. The Tiv felt that Polonius's own error caused his death.

Q: In action anthropology, initiate(s), control(s), and implement(s) planned change. a. administrators b. the people affected by change c. the anthropologist d. two of the above e. a, b, and c above

Q: Mann (You@Work) argues that it is important to use face-to-face contact with employers because it is impossible to control your personal identity on the Internet.

Q: One of the concepts that the Tiv found it necessary to reinterpret when they were told the story of Hamlet was the English category for a. revenge. b. honor. c. omen. d. zombie. e. ghost.

Q: Any use of anthropological knowledge to influence social interaction, to maintain or change social institutions, or to direct the course of cultural change is called a. applied anthropology. b. adjustment anthropology. c. advocate anthropology. d. administrative anthropology. e. academic anthropology.

Q: Brenda Mann (You@Work) argues that good "netiquette" is important as you "brand" yourself in the job market.

Q: In her article, "Shakespeare in the Bush," Laura Bohannan shows that a. the story of Hamlet does not retain its original meaning when told to a Tiv audience. b. the story of Hamlet retains Shakespeare's meaning for both the English and the Tiv. c. the Tiv misunderstood the meaning of Hamlet's gift of a Christmas ox. d. the Tiv misunderstood why Hamlet's father's ghost would seek revenge. e. the Tiv were shocked by the quick marriage of Hamlet's mother to his uncle.

Q: Any use of anthropological knowledge that makes social interaction more predictable among persons who operate with different cultural codes is called a. academic anthropology. b. action anthropology. c. administrative anthropology. d. adjustment anthropology. e. advocate anthropology.

Q: According to Mann (You@Work), today's employers discourage "job hopping" and value employee loyalty.

Q: The Tiv example demonstrates that nave realism is a human condition that occurs when people hold mistaken ideas about their own nature of their social and natural environment.

Q: Which of the following authors is an extreme diffusionist? a. Erik von Dniken b. W. Lloyd Warner c. Emile Durkheim d. Sigmund Freud e. Marvin Harris

Q: Lecture, desks, class hours and writing boards are all part of the class a. stratification. b. rank. c. social situation. d. status. e. role.