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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the classification of animals come from?
(a) Lot.
(b) Leviticus.
(c) Moses.
(d) Job.

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

4. To maintain universal order, what does Douglas believe must occur?
(a) Individuals must learn to bless each other.
(b) Individuals must maintain proper bathing rituals.
(c) Individuals must adhere to their class.
(d) Groups must learn to cooperate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

2. What does Douglas believe has inspired the distinction between primitive and non-primitive cultures?

3. When comparing culture, what does Douglas believe should be analyzed through the nature of historical process?

4. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?

5. How do people with wills and intelligence respond, according to Douglas?

(see the answer key)

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