Stylistic devices in folktales serve to __________
a. free the storyteller to ad lib parts of the story
b. relieve dramatic tension in the story
c. cue listeners that they are hearing a particular type of artistic event
d. make storytelling easy
Answer: c
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a. completely eliminate ethnocentrism from society. b. continue the basic principles of cultural evolutionism. c. eliminate science from anthropology. d. strengthen the notion that cultures are integrated.
Define mana, and discuss the difference in the beliefs that surround mana in Melanesia and Polynesia.
What will be an ideal response?
The Indonesian H. erectus sites almost always contain tools
a. True b. False
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