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1) George Hunt was:
- athe founder of the school of thought known as structuralism
- bthe key informant of Franz Boas in his studies among the Kwakiutl
- cthe inventor of anthropology
- da nineteenth-century armchair scholar
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2) A Kwakiutl wedding is marked by massive distribution of valued material goods like blankets.
- atrue
- bfalse
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3) Being reflexive in ethnography means the same thing as being scientific and objective.
- atrue
- bfalse
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4) A total social phenomenon is one in which the entire community is involved and that has important economic and political elements.
- atrue
- bfalse
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5) An ethnography that traces one phenomenon across borders and through transnational communities is referred to as:
- ahistorical
- bmulti-sited
- ccommunity study
- durban anthropology
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6) Anthropologists working in a community gathering data are:
- agenerally aloof and standoffish so they don’t form personal relations that get in the way of their scientific observations
- bconcerned with reciprocity, that is, how they can repay their informants for their time and effort
- cunconcerned with how the community views them
- dsee themselves as teachers, there to change the ways of the community
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7) A numaym is the Kwakiut term for a group of relatives.
- atrue
- bfalse
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8) George Hunt was Franz Boas’s key informant.
- atrue
- bfalse
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9) A potlatch is a large-scale ceremonial distribution of important material goods that enhances the political prestige of the donor.
- atrue
- bfalse
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10) Salvage anthropology is the study of waste and garbage.
- atrue
- bfalse
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11) In a Kwakiutl wedding the bride and groom are the primary focus of all the rituals.
- atrue
- bfalse
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12) Participant observation involves living with other people, learning their language, and understanding their behavior and ideas.
- atrue
- bfalse
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13) While doing fieldwork an anthropologist:
- alives in the community being studied
- bparticipates in daily life and activities
- clearns the language
- ddoes all of the above
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14) Anthropologists gain information by interviewing individuals in the culture, who are referred to as local guides.
- atrue
- bfalse
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15) One major difference between the Kwakiutl wedding and the American "white wedding" is:
- aThe focus in the Kwakiutl wedding is on the families of the bride and groom, while in the American "white wedding" the focus is on the couple.
- bThe Kwakiutl wedding brings together families of different socioeconomic statuses; the American "white wedding" is between equals.
- cThe American "white wedding" is only about religion and ritual; money and consumption play no part in the ceremony, while they are important in the Kwakiutl wedding.
- dThere are no differences—brides and grooms are the same the world over.