Additional Quiz and Discussion Questions for Coulmas Chapters 4-7

Additional Quiz  questions (Coulmas chapters 4-7)

1.How were the Greek gods of antiquity portrayed in regards to sexual activity? (p.41)

2.From a historical point of view what are the origins of the tensions in nations of Europe? (p.54)

3.What was the social order of class prevalent in Japan until the mid-19^th Century? (p.65)

4.Without what do you have no identity in a legal Sense of the word? (p.79)

Additional Discussion  questions (Coulmas chapters 4-7)

1.In your own life experience which resonated more as being true? Women began to work outside the home to become more self-fulfilled or because economic demands demanded that they do so? (p.46)

2.How do you feel your sense of nationalism would be influenced living in a poor, politically unstable country as opposed to living in a strong country with a strong stable political heritage?

3.what are the challenges of the American “working class” today that work against them in achieving an upwardly mobile identity?

4.In recent years micro-chipping an animal has helped many lost animals to be returned quickly to their owners. This has led to the widespread discussion of micro-chipping children. Why would this trend have the tendency to make some wary  of this practice as another means of establishing identity?