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craiczarry

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The attitude toward magic and ritual among the Nacirema indicates that:
 
  a. Technologically advanced societies do not use magic and ritual.
  b. Too much magic and ritual will destroy a society.
  c. Magic and ritual can be found in a wide variety of cultures.
  d. North American society contains very little magic and ritual.
  e. Only the weakest individuals in a society are likely to make use of magic and ritual.

Question 2

A major point of the ethnography Body Ritual among the Nacirema is to:
 
  a. Show how foolish people's rituals are.
  b. Help us look at our own culture from a different perspective.
  c. Promote practices of preventive medicine.
  d. Increase our respect for primitive cultures.
  e. Put a little laughter into our dreary lives.



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Answer to Question 1

C

Answer to Question 2

B



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