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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the Maoris, what does menstrual blood represent?
(a) Life.
(b) Death.
(c) Sin.
(d) Faith.

2. Which of the following is not involved in categorizing?
(a) Order.
(b) Authority.
(c) Patterns.
(d) Anomaly.

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

4. Which of the following describes Douglas' pre-Copernican classification?
(a) Non-pure.
(b) Non-objective.
(c) Non-polluting.
(d) Non-subjective.

5. What do the effects of pollution involve, according to Douglas?
(a) Religious offense.
(b) Social offense.
(c) Cosmic offense.
(d) Ritual offense.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do success-based beliefs lack, according to the reading?

2. What is medical materialism based on?

3. To create order, what does Douglas believe one must acknowledge?

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

5. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?

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