KINES 100 EXAM 1
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
VERIFIED ANSWERS NEW MODIFED
EXAM GRADED A+
What is weah's relationship with the government of liberia - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > - government intruded his house and raped the women
- he returned
- now the president
Do liberians believe sport can change their civil war ravaged nation? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > yes, they believe it can link ppl together
Clifford Geertz uses the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham's concept
of "Deep Play" to explain which of the following characteristics of
Balineses cock fighting?
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,A. The hatred of animals demonstrated by people who participate in
cockfighting
B. The fact that the British introduced cockfighting to Bali
C. The fact that gambling stakes are so high in many of the cockfights
that, from a rational, economic perspective, it is irrational for men to
engage in these activities
D. The escape form work and money concerns that the cockfight
provides for the village
E.the total immersion of men and women in the psycho-sexual dynamics
of the event - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
According to Clifford Geertz, in "Deep Play", what can you "read" by
looking at the sports and other physical activities of a culture?
A. You can "read" social patterns such as how men and women fit into
gender roles and how economic classes are taught to interact with one
another
B. You cannot really "read" much of anything since ports and physical
activities are just games and amusements
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,C. You can "read" everything about a culture. Sports and physical
activities are "master keys" that reveal all the basic structures and
logics of cultures
D. You can "read" what kinds of books a culture values
E. You can "read" animal behavior so Geertz knew a lot about chickens,
especially about roosters but not much about humans - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > A
According to Clifford Deertz, Balinese cockfights involve
demonstrations of each of the following except:
A. Political alliances
B. Kinship
C. Models for the transition from girlhood to womanhood
D. Cultural ideas of violence
E. Status - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
How are the Balinese "playing with fire" in their gambling on
cockfights?
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, A. They can get caught by the government engaging in cockfights and
sent to prison
B. They can get addicted to gambling and ruin their lives
C. They roast the losing roosters in ritual barbecues after fights
D. They live in a very stratified society in which people know their place
and do not normally get out of their defined niches- except in
cockfights where the rich can lose a lot of money and fall down the
rich can lose a lot of money and fall down the social ranks ore the
poor can win a lot of money and climb up the social ranks
E. They literally "play with fire" in the fire ceremonies they have to
promote cockfights - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > D
According to Clifford Geertz, in "Deep Play", the central feature of
cockfighting is
A. The religious meanings of the sport
B. The information it provides about raising chickens
C. He dating possibilities it opens up for young men and women
D. The racial barriers it reinforces in Balinese society
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS
VERIFIED ANSWERS NEW MODIFED
EXAM GRADED A+
What is weah's relationship with the government of liberia - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > - government intruded his house and raped the women
- he returned
- now the president
Do liberians believe sport can change their civil war ravaged nation? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > yes, they believe it can link ppl together
Clifford Geertz uses the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham's concept
of "Deep Play" to explain which of the following characteristics of
Balineses cock fighting?
Page 1 of 39
,A. The hatred of animals demonstrated by people who participate in
cockfighting
B. The fact that the British introduced cockfighting to Bali
C. The fact that gambling stakes are so high in many of the cockfights
that, from a rational, economic perspective, it is irrational for men to
engage in these activities
D. The escape form work and money concerns that the cockfight
provides for the village
E.the total immersion of men and women in the psycho-sexual dynamics
of the event - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
According to Clifford Geertz, in "Deep Play", what can you "read" by
looking at the sports and other physical activities of a culture?
A. You can "read" social patterns such as how men and women fit into
gender roles and how economic classes are taught to interact with one
another
B. You cannot really "read" much of anything since ports and physical
activities are just games and amusements
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,C. You can "read" everything about a culture. Sports and physical
activities are "master keys" that reveal all the basic structures and
logics of cultures
D. You can "read" what kinds of books a culture values
E. You can "read" animal behavior so Geertz knew a lot about chickens,
especially about roosters but not much about humans - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > A
According to Clifford Deertz, Balinese cockfights involve
demonstrations of each of the following except:
A. Political alliances
B. Kinship
C. Models for the transition from girlhood to womanhood
D. Cultural ideas of violence
E. Status - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > C
How are the Balinese "playing with fire" in their gambling on
cockfights?
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, A. They can get caught by the government engaging in cockfights and
sent to prison
B. They can get addicted to gambling and ruin their lives
C. They roast the losing roosters in ritual barbecues after fights
D. They live in a very stratified society in which people know their place
and do not normally get out of their defined niches- except in
cockfights where the rich can lose a lot of money and fall down the
rich can lose a lot of money and fall down the social ranks ore the
poor can win a lot of money and climb up the social ranks
E. They literally "play with fire" in the fire ceremonies they have to
promote cockfights - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > D
According to Clifford Geertz, in "Deep Play", the central feature of
cockfighting is
A. The religious meanings of the sport
B. The information it provides about raising chickens
C. He dating possibilities it opens up for young men and women
D. The racial barriers it reinforces in Balinese society
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