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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the two types of cannibalism?
(a) Inner cannibalism and Outer cannibalism.
(b) Exocannibalism and endocannibalism.
(c) Axicannibalism and egricannibalism.
(d) High cannibalism and low cannibalism.

3. What is the name of one of the smaller tribes Chagnon wants to visit?
(a) Shamatari.
(b) Bisaasi-teri.
(c) Shiitake.
(d) Kanawaha.

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

5. Clothing for the Yanomamo consists mainly of which of the following?
(a) Pelts.
(b) Strings.
(c) Shorts.
(d) Palm fronds.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which edible substance is not used for food?

3. What is used by the people to ascend upward after death?

4. The mortality rate is high for which sector of the tribe?

5. Which hallucinogen is commonly used by tribal members?

(see the answer key)

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