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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chagnon often has difficulty finding which of the following?
(a) Tobacco.
(b) Place to sleep.
(c) Food.
(d) Guide.

2. What is the name for a person's animal counterpart?
(a) Noakini.
(b) Noreshi.
(c) Familiar.
(d) Maharishi.

3. Which is not among the vegetarian foods coveted by the Yanomamo?
(a) Insects.
(b) Tadpoles.
(c) Lizards.
(d) Palm hearts.

4. According to the Yanomamo, how many layers are there in the cosmos?
(a) 5.
(b) 7.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

5. Typically, what is the largest number of people that live in a Yanomamo village?
(a) 75.
(b) 250.
(c) 300.
(d) 100.

6. Hallucinogens are created from what part of the plant?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Bark.
(c) Seed pods.
(d) Stamen.

7. Storing people in a tree assists:
(a) Nothing.
(b) Avoidance of animal feasting.
(c) The connection with tree spirits.
(d) Natural decomposition.

8. The term "brother" is often used to describe:
(a) Other non-related men.
(b) Cousins.
(c) Uncles.
(d) Wild cats.

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

10. What overcomes Chagnon on the first day in the field?
(a) Dysentery.
(b) Scurvy.
(c) Culture shock.
(d) Typhoid.

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

12. The Yanomamo are well known for:
(a) Honesty.
(b) Spiritualism.
(c) Passivity.
(d) Embellishment.

13. What does Kaobawa want to give to his brother?
(a) Child.
(b) Wife.
(c) Goat.
(d) Talisman.

14. What is an important part of the tribe's mythology?
(a) Mischief.
(b) Sex.
(c) Women.
(d) Rivalry.

15. Women dread:
(a) Being given to another tribe.
(b) Loss of virginity.
(c) War.
(d) Childbirth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is maize?

2. Despite scant clothing, Chagnon refers to the people as being:

3. How many seasons exist in the lives of the Yanomamo?

4. What food is commonly used in ritual?

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

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