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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of barrier crossing is treated as pollution as described by Douglas?
(a) Social.
(b) Economic.
(c) Childish.
(d) Moral.

2. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?
(a) Wholeness.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Incompleteness.
(d) Blessings.

3. If a woman is endangered in child labor, who is condemned in Nuer culture?
(a) The child.
(b) The woman's seducer.
(c) The woman's mother.
(d) The woman.

4. For Douglas, what does winning require?
(a) Rationale.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Separation.
(d) Purity.

5. Why are moral situations difficult for Douglas to define?
(a) They are contradictory and uncertain.
(b) They are too specific.
(c) They are not specific enough.
(d) They don't allow everybody to be a moral person.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the effects of pollution involve, according to Douglas?

2. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?

3. What do the Bemba believe can transfer through fire?

4. What are kept and preserved to prevent from endangering others in the cultures Douglas describes?

5. In which type of world view does Douglas believe the world is seen as subjective and personal?

(see the answer key)

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