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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?
(a) Adultery.
(b) Incest.
(c) Poisoning a lover.
(d) Having a child out of wedlock.

2. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
(a) Vegetables.
(b) Grass.
(c) Urine.
(d) Dirt.

3. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?
(a) Classical dramatists.
(b) Jewish concepts.
(c) Theology.
(d) Lack of pollution or purity.

4. What does Douglas believe can only be effective if it attracts faith?
(a) Blessings.
(b) Confidence.
(c) Family.
(d) Money.

5. Which of the following does Douglas believe rituals can alter by restating?
(a) Purity.
(b) Present.
(c) Future.
(d) Past.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas state embraces harmony, order, and meaning?

2. What example of a people is given to demonstration insulation from wrong practices, according to Douglas?

3. What does Douglas describe rituals as requiring?

4. Douglas believes that primitive cultures are wrongly assumed to be which of the following?

5. What does Douglas believe that laws and rules involving food and eating were made to deal with?

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