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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For rituals to be effective, what does Douglas believe they require?
(a) Skill and health.
(b) Harmony and blessings.
(c) Symbolism and hope.
(d) Faith and confidence.

2. Which of the following is a success-based belief that Douglas mentions?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Wicca.
(c) Baraka.
(d) Judaism.

3. What can be changed through the margins Douglas describes?
(a) Conflicts.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Shapes.
(d) Pollution.

4. What do the Bemba believe can transfer through fire?
(a) Murder.
(b) Incest.
(c) Premarital sex.
(d) Adultery.

5. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?
(a) Washings.
(b) Soap.
(c) Psychology.
(d) The Old Testament.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do moral offenses truly depend on, according to Douglas?

2. What do boundaries represent to Douglas?

3. Which act does Douglas claim led to the recovery of an entire village?

4. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?

5. Which of the following describes Douglas' pre-Copernican classification?

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