In Conjunction with Cultural Anthropology - Touro Institute

feelings and beliefs are related to religious rituals. You will learn about the common types of
religious specialists and about different ways that religious groups are organized.
Finally, you will learn about the psychological functions of religion and about the characteristics
of religious thinking.
Assignment Overview
MCQ :: Matching :: True/False :: Short Essay
MCQ - Chapter 6: Religion and Culture
1. According to Tylor, the main function of religion was to help people.
a. answer perplexing questions, such as what causes unconsciousness, dreams, and death.
b. feel more secure by giving them comfort.
c. control their anxieties by providing rituals which distract them from their worries.
d. control their anxieties by providing rituals which given them a feeling of control.
2. According to Emile Durkheim, the basis of religious ideas is to fulfill the need to
_______________.
a. explain natural features of the environment.
b. give symbolic expression to fears and anxieties.
c. create symbols that evoke feelings of respect, fear, and awe towards important social
institutions and customs.
d. control important aspects of their environment.
3. Religious ideology is so extremely diverse in the cultures of the world because it:
a. has no practical considerations that limit variation in other aspects of culture.
b. is less influenced by the practical considerations that limit variation in other aspects of culture.
c. is an arbitrary creation of the human mind.
d. has no relationship to the real world.
4. According to research by Guy Swanson, monotheism is most likely to be found in those
societies that:
a. depend on foraging for foods.
b. are isolated from other societies.
c. have no complex descent systems such as clans and lineages.
d. organize the sovereign decision-making groups into at least three levels.
5. Which of the following is NOT true of the Hindu belief in the sacredness of the zebu cow?