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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas' social life depend on?
(a) Symbolic expressions.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Writing.

2. What does Genesis provide in relation to animals?
(a) Hygiene.
(b) Pollutants.
(c) Food.
(d) Environment.

3. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?
(a) It creates danger.
(b) I creates disorder.
(c) It eliminates harmony.
(d) It harms children.

4. What is medical materialism based on?
(a) Sumerian beliefs.
(b) Sanitary conditions.
(c) Philosophical beliefs.
(d) Practical health routines.

5. According to Chapter 1, what do contemporary practices divide?
(a) Dirty and clean.
(b) Pure and Disgusting.
(c) Knowledgeable and ignorant.
(d) Safe and unsafe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

2. Which of the following did Malinowski study?

3. Which of the following does Douglas describe as moving against nature?

4. Where did the classification of animals come from?

5. What does Douglas believe has been assumed to be based on false beliefs in magic?

(see the answer key)

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