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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas describe as morality's intent to ensure?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Separation.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Faith.

2. Which of the following is the concept of contagion most a part of, according to Douglas?
(a) New Testamant.
(b) Old Testmanet.
(c) Quran.
(d) Consitution.

3. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?
(a) Tribes.
(b) Families.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Children.

4. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Social processes.
(d) Religion.

5. What does order reject, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Aid.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Purity.
(d) Patterns.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

2. Douglas states that all of the following can help to achieve purity except for what?

3. According to Douglas, who had contempt for primitive society through preconceived judgments?

4. Where did the classification of animals come from?

5. For Douglas, what does winning require?

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