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Theory Quiz: Cross-Cutting Ties

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1. According to this essay, cross-cutting ties
work by creating anxiety, 
by definition must always include kinship ties 
result in elite trade 
do not occur once a chieftainship level of social organization has been reached 
were eventually replaced by shoelaces 
No Answer
2. A simplex relationship is one
involving only one relevant social status for each participant 
most commonly found in primitive societies 
involving people who live in close proximity 
in which all parties harbor strong but unspoken hostility to each other 
in which two parties are destined by cultural rules to marry each other 
No Answer
3. In the example of Mary’s jalopy in this essay, Mary advertises her used car as a “Dream Car” but refuses to sell it to her cousin because
her cousin doesn’t have enough money 
she is mad at him 
she was hoping to meet somebody dreamier 
he wants to wait a year before paying her 
it isn’t really a dream car and she is willing to lie to a stranger but not to a customer who is also a cousin 
No Answer
4. In general, multiplex relationships can
cause people to make war on each other 
can cause people to be peacemakers 
are less likely than simplex relationships to generate conflicting loyalties. 
don’t last very long after you leave the theatre 
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5. In small-scale societies, a rule that members of the same clan cannot marry each other results in every household
having members of only one clan 
being forced to occupy two physical houses 
containing members of more than one clan 
being essentially irrelevant to ordinary life because of the importance of clans 
No Answer
6. The example of the two Chinese New Year dinners shows that cross-cutting ties
are very political and can be manipulated to influence voting 
usually result in much larger-scale celebrations and ceremonies that would otherwise occur 
bind organizations together for mutual cooperation 
tend to result in violence and may actually be the original cause of wars 
can overwhelm an individual’s ability to cope 
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7. According to this essay, the Arapesh believed that Tambaran rites were necessary to social welfare
but could not be performed without human sacrifice, preferably of someone from the smallest clan 
and therefore needed to be simplex 
and therefore needed to be multiplex 
but could be performed only with participation of people from a whole range of different social categories 
but resulted in severe social inequality as well because they had to be paid for by the caste of “untouchables” to be considered efficacious 
No Answer

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