Body paint or face paint is used mostly by men in preliterate societies in order to attract good health or to ward off disease. Anthropologists explain that it is a form of magic protection against the dangers of the world outside the village, where men have to go for the hunt or for war. When it is used as warpaint, it also serves to frighten the enemy, distinguish members of one's own group from the enemy, and give the men a sense of identity, of belonging to the group. Women in these societies have less need of body or face paint because they usually stay in the safety of the village. Women in Victorian society in England and the United States were expected to wear little or no makeup. They were excluded from public life and therefore didn't need protection from the outside world. In modern societies, however, cosmetics are used mostly by women, who often feel naked, unclothed, without makeup when out in public- like a tribal hunter without his warpaint.

1. What is the topic or Paragraph E?  

• A. body and face paint
• B. men's warpaint
• C. modern women's cosmetics
• D. magic protection

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Question 2 of 3
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2. What details about the topic does the Paragraph provide? (Choose more than one answer.)  
 A. Body or face paint is usually worn by men in tribal societies.

 B. People wear body or her paint to make them more attractive.

 C. Makeup ("face paint") is usually worn by women in modern societies.

 D. When women are excluded from public life, they wear little or no makeup.

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3. What is the main idea of Paragraph E? 

• A. Budy paint gives men a sense of identity.
• B. Women in modern times wear makeup to be more beautiful.
• C. In the past, men wore face paint, but in modern times, women wear it.
• D. Body or face paint may be worn as a sort of protection by people who leave the home or village.

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