tibet exam 2

The wise learn from the ________; the brave learn from the ________:

a. horse; yak

b. past; future

c. father; mother

d. lama; beggar

e. experiences; suffering

 

b. past; future

The apprehension and detaining of particular pasts in anticipation of their eventual release is:

a. A longstanding Buddhist practice

b. A gendered aspect of culture

c. Lived impermanence

d. Historical arrest

e. An example of kora

d. Historical arrest

Which of the following is not a component of poststructural theory?

a. Ecology

b. Discourse

c. Truth

d. The margins

e. Hegemony

a. Ecology

Which of the following statements is the best example of how truths are created through forgetting?

a.     “The past is controlled by the same people who control the present.”

b.     “When I tell my story, it sounds like hearsay.”

c.     “History is truth and fear. And some lies.”

d.     “March 10^th is not so important. It was not the real fight for Tibet.”

e.     All of the above are excellent examples of how truths are created through forgetting.

a.     “The past is controlled by the same people who control the present.”

Which of the following statements best fits feminist theory?

a. Gender is relevant at times.

b. Gender is a cultural construct.

c. Gender is most important in relation to women.

d. Gender is the same around the world.

e.   Gender is easier for women anthropologists to study.

 

b. Gender is a cultural construct

.  Which of the following is the main reason why histories of Chushi Gangdrug were arrested?

a. The army’s association with the CIA.

b. The army's history of resistance was suppressed by China's official history of peaceful liberation.

c. The army’s challenging of the sociopolitical status quo of who held power.

d. The army’s failure to win back Tibet.

e. The army’s history of war was awkward in relation to the Dalai Lama’s politics of nonviolence.

 

• b. Suppressed by China’s official history of peaceful liberation

A bullet dipped in which of the following substances would cancel out the protective powers of one’s amulet?

c. Menstrual Blood

Veterans’ consenting to the arrest of resistance is an example of:a.     How truths are created.

b.     The pains of belonging.

c.     Devotion to the Dalai Lama.

d.     B and C only

e.     All of the above.

 

e. All of the above

What statement best fits the message of the proverb “When falsehood is a hill, truth is only a yak”?

a. Truth is a strong beast.

b. Falsehoods are always steep.

c. The truth is not able to fully challenge lies.

d. Knowing just one word of wisdom is like knowing a hundred ordinary words.

e. Challenging and undoing large-scale lies takes slow and steady work.

c. The truth is not able to fully challenge lies.

Which anthropological theory would be the best choice for a research project focused on telling Tibetan history from the eastern province of Kham?

a. Ethnographic theory

b. Feminist theory

c. Poststructural theory

d. Practice theory

e. Symbolic theory

 

a. Ethnographic theory

Creating a golden throne for the Dalai Lama was a key part of what event?

a.  The creation of the exile government in India.

b.  The Chinese bombing of Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Kham.

c.  The formal organization of the Chushi Gangdrug army.

d.  The effort to strengthen one’s amulet powers on the battlefield.

e.  The CIA’s secret mission to eavesdrop on Tibetan government plans.

 

a. Creation of the exile government in India

What happened at the 2024 Camp Hale ceremony that did not happen at the 2010 Camp Hale ceremony?

a.     The installation of a plaque commemorating the CIA-Tibet operation.

b.     Speeches from both Tibetans and Americans who had served at the camp.

c.     The presence of a representative from the Dalai Lama.

d.     The presence of children and grandchildren of Tibetan veterans and US CIA officers.

e.     Media coverage of the event.

• d. Presence of children and grandchildren of Tibetan vets and CIA officers

Who was the first Tibetan individual to self-immolate?

a.     A young monk inside Tibet.

b.     A veteran in India.

c.     A nun in the center of her town inside Tibet.

d.     A refugee woman in Kathmandu.

e.     A teenage boy near Kirti Gompa.

 

b.     A veteran in India.

. Professor McGranahan explains the self-immolations as all of the following except:

a.     Political protests.

b.     Religious offerings.

c.     Forms of communication.

d.     Suicides.

e.     A gendered activity.

d. Suicides

Which of the following was not a response of the Tibetan community in exile to the self-immolations?

a.  Protests.

b.  Citizen-journalists getting information out about self-immolators.

c.  Denunciations of the self-immolators.

d.  Commemorative ceremonies and plaques.

e.  Artwork in tribute to the self-immolators.

c. Denunciations of the self-immolators

. The lack of a category for “trauma” in the Tibetan community leads anthropologist Sara Lewis to focus on “sems pa chen po,” which is an example of:

a.     The gendered strategies for addressing adversity in Dharamsala.

b.     How karma eliminates a need for trauma.

c.     How practices of resilience are universal.

d.     How happiness eliminates a need for trauma.

e.     A cultural strategy Tibetans have for categorizing, understanding, and bearing suffering.

• e. A cultural strategy for categorizing and bearing suffering

. Which of the following is the Tibetan word for “compassion”?

a. sems

b. sems pa chen po

c. btang nyom

d. lojong

e. nying je

e. nying je

.  Which of the below was not one of the cultural strategies available to Dekyi when she felt that her “mind was very disturbed” after escaping from Tibet:

a.  Don’t hold on to anger or be agitated.

b.  See a therapist.

c.  Work to find sems pa chen po.

d.  Work on developing compassion.

e.  Let go of the past.

 

See a therapist

. Which of the following is not gendered male in the Tibetan community?

a.     The majority of the self-immolators.

b.     Cham dancers.

c.     Serving in the formal Chushi Gandrug army.

d.     Singing songs of praise to the Dalai Lama.

e.     All of the above are gendered male.

e.     All of the above are gendered male.

. What does the term ‘yak’ refer to in the Tibetan language?

a.     A young female yak.

b.     A baby yak.

c.     A steered yak (castrated adult yak).

d.     A two-year old male yak.

e.     A married male yak.

e.     A married male yak.

Which of the following are needed for driving in Tibet?

a. A valid state-issued driver’s license is required.

b. Tibetans drive yaks instead of vehicles so a license is not required.

c. Drivers must learn how to drive at a driving school, and pass two written tests and two road driving tests.

d. Tibetans don’t need a driver’s license because there are no driving regulations in Tibet.

e. Both A and C.

e. Both A and C

. Which of the following is not one of the concerns regarding making Cham masks out of fiberglass?

a.     Affordability for ordinary people.

b.     Efficacy of the ritual.

c.     Environmental pollution.

d.     Spiritual pollution.

e.     Fear that ordinary people might be able to see “Hidden Lands” (beyul).

e. Fear of seeing Hidden Lands (beyul)

Through the Cham dance, the Pemayangtse monastic community meets its duty to ______________.

a. Maintain balance between Buddhist and Hindus.

b. Maintain balance between the different Buddhist sects (e.g., Geluk, Nyingma, etc.).

c. Maintain balance in the sacred landscape.

d. Maintain balance in supporting local businesses and artisans.

e. All of the above.

c. Maintain balance in the sacred landscape

. According to scholar Lama Jabb, Tibetan popular music does all of the following except?

a. Provide a means of political dissent.

b. Communicate ideas to its audience.

c. Delight its audience.

d. Focus on literary forms of speech.

e. Forge a national identity.

 

d. Focus on literary forms of speech

Why did people in Tibet stop wearing clothes made from animal skin and fur?

a. Due to a successful Chinese government campaign about endangered species.

b. Bad snowstorms for several years in a row had killed off most of the herds.

c. The Dalai Lama declared that he did not like seeing people wearing skins and furs.

d. Chinese tourists were buying them at high prices.

e. Due to Buddhist beliefs about the sacredness of all sentient beings.

 

e. Due to Buddhist beliefs about the sacredness of all sentient beings.