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The initiation rites for male Australian aborigines include a stage when they are isolated from the rest of society and undergo a cram course in tribal lore the trauma associated with their ordeal is part of a teaching method that ensures that they will remember what they are taught. This particular stage in the puberty ceremony would be referred to as the stage of _____ by Arnold Van Gennep.
 
  a. initiation
  b. intensification
  c. separation
  d. transition
  e. incorporation

Question 2

When an individual undergoes rituals to celebrate birth, puberty, and marriage, he or she is practicing:
 
  a. rites of rebellion.
  b. rites of passage.
  c. rites of intensification.
  d. rites of magic.
  e. life stage rituals.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: b





 

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