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__________ art attempts to have a beneficial effect on society, enriching people's lives, teaching moral lessons, and providing insights for improving and changing the world.


A) Representational
B) Formalist
C) Instrumental
D) Mimetic

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In the Aztec Empire, clothing and jewelry served the function of all of the following EXCEPT __________.


A) differentiating groups within the social hierarchy
B) differentiating men from women
C) differentiating some occupations from others
D) differentiating age

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Although a national market for Navajo goods brought some prosperity, the Navajo also became __________.


A) uninterested in maintaining their ethnic identity
B) more interested in producing non-Navajo art
C) unable to afford materials for artistic goods as prices increased
D) vulnerable to market fluctuations in prices

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The anthropologist Anya Royce identifies dance as __________.


A) a social drama
B) the second oldest art form after cave painting
C) not truly an art form
D) a corollary to the art of music

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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What are the commonalities and differences between oral and written literature?

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Which of the following societies have traditionally used scarification as a form of body art?


A) Maori
B) Inuit
C) Navajo
D) Yoruba

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Inuit tattoos are __________.


A) private
B) to announce something about the bearer
C) for the Gods
D) done as a puberty ritual

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Using examples, discuss how body art, including clothing, intersects with gender, status and religion.

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A change that Navajo arts has undergone as a response to market forces is the __________.


A) beginning of weaving as a Navajo art
B) emergence of full-time artist specialists
C) contracting of non-Navajo artists to produce Navajo art
D) switch from hand weaving to machine weaving of Navajo blankets

E) None of the above
F) All of the above

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The __________ of oral narratives and written narrative share few, if any, common elements across cultures.


A) length
B) narrative structures
C) cadence
D) characters

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Current trends in music have resulted in __________.


A) the abandonment of traditional music forms in favor of western music in most of the world
B) hybridization of traditional music as musicians from different parts of the world and traditions collaborate
C) a strong preference for European classical forms of music in most of the world
D) a decrease in average IQ

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Navajo healers use __________ as part of healing ceremonies.


A) carved wooden bowls
B) sand paintings
C) body painting
D) human sculptures carved from stone

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In the Trobriand Islands of Melanesia, __________ is accompanied by intense singing by men.


A) eating
B) working
C) mourning
D) marriage

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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