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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What plays a major role in the lives of the Yanomamo?
(a) Fear.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Anger.
(d) Superstition.

3. The mortality rate is high for which sector of the tribe?
(a) Infants.
(b) Teens.
(c) Men.
(d) Women.

4. What is most common for men?
(a) Violent death.
(b) Bad teeth.
(c) Dysentery.
(d) Malaria.

5. What adjective is often used to describe tribal women?
(a) Clumsy.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Submissive.
(d) Rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What item is commonly shared in the tribe?

2. What overcomes Chagnon on the first day in the field?

3. What is maize?

4. Which word is often used to describe tribe members?

5. Tribe members jealously guard which of the following?

(see the answer key)

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