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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Despite scant clothing, Chagnon refers to the people as being:
(a) Reserved.
(b) Puritanical.
(c) Modest.
(d) Rigid.

2. What word best describes the Yanomamo language?
(a) Complex.
(b) Confusing.
(c) Simple.
(d) Nonexistent.

3. How many hours per day do the members of the tribe work?
(a) 3.
(b) 9.
(c) 6.
(d) 8.

4. What item causes Bahimi to kill an infant?
(a) Milk.
(b) Evil spirits.
(c) Tribal law.
(d) Superstition.

5. Which of the following is a common gift from one tribe to another during relocation?
(a) Plants.
(b) Monkeys.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Curare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is maize?

2. Which animal is least desired as food?

3. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?

4. Typically, what is the smallest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?

5. "Without tobacco" translates to the word:

(see the answer key)

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