SC/SS 115 Ethnobotany Test Review of Learning
Circle the correct answer(s)
During a traditional ceremony in Pohnpei...
- Do you enter the front or back of a nahs when you walk in?
- Can a man "hang" his legs over the edge of the nahs?
- When sakau (Piper methysticum) is brought into the nahs
- Only the roots are brought in
- The roots and two to four stalks are brought in
- The whole plant with all of its stalks are brought in
- The sakau is prepared by
- Boiling the root stock
- Chewing the root stock
- Pounding the root stock
- The squeezing is done using
- coconut fibers
- the inner bark of the hibiscus
- the outer bark of the hibiscus
- The method of squeezing is the same in all ceremonies except
- apology ceremony
- asking a father for his daughter in marriage
- bringing home of a king (alu mour)
- festival (komadipw)
- funeral
- The nahnmwarki is the king and the nahnken is the second highest title in a kingdom. Can a nahnken rise to the rank of nahnmwarki?
- Who has the higher title at the front of the nahs, the man on the left or the man on the right?
- What is clan exogamy and clan endogamy?
- Was Pohnpei always clan exogamous in traditional times?
- In modern times, what is the highest title the son of a nahnmwarki could, theoretically, rise to?
- The people in front of nahnmwarki and nahnken serve the nahnmwarki and nahnken. Which of the following are their roles in the ceremony?
- defense of the leader
- drinking sakau
- master of ceremonies
- pounding sakau
- Protection against magic in the sakau
- squeezing sakau
- In what clan line is the server of the nahnmwarki?
- In what clan line is the server of the nahnken?
- What is one possible, hypothetical, reason for his in times of old?
- Under what conditions would the server drink the sakau?
- In Sokehs, how many cups must be served before anyone can speak?
- Who gets the first cup?
- Who gets the second cup?
- In modern tradition, who gets the third cup?
- Who gets the fourth cup?
- Do all of the municipalities use the same number of special "cups"?