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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of these is not a pollution that Douglas distinguishes?
(a) Refraining from purity.
(b) The lines' margin.
(c) Crossing external boundaries.
(d) Crossing internal boundaries.

2. Which of the following is one of Douglas' marginal states?
(a) Children.
(b) A fetus.
(c) Purity.
(d) Criminal activities.

3. Rejecting or affirming dirt has little to do with which of the following described by Douglas?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Crossing boundaries.
(c) Escapism.
(d) Relativisism.

4. What is considered the first stage of digestion in the caste structure described?
(a) Chewing.
(b) Purchasing food.
(c) Swallowing.
(d) Cooking.

5. What do rituals of purification incorporate, as described by Douglas?
(a) Divorce.
(b) Annulment.
(c) Murder.
(d) Knowledge.

6. Why do men and women avoid sex in Lele culture before important events?
(a) It is pollution.
(b) It is too pure.
(c) They do not understand the repercussions.
(d) It is illegal.

7. What culture is described as considering death as a challenge to the metaphysical system?
(a) Sumerian.
(b) Oyo Yoruba.
(c) Lele.
(d) Nyakusa.

8. What does Douglas claim is assured through collaboration?
(a) Internal lines.
(b) Purity.
(c) Pollution.
(d) External boundaries.

9. What ambiguity example is given in Chapter 10?
(a) Octopus.
(b) Cat.
(c) Jelly fish.
(d) Flying squirrel.

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

11. What does Douglas describe purification allows for avoiding?
(a) Economic downfall.
(b) Social consequences.
(c) God's wrath.
(d) Retribution.

12. What does Douglas believe unsuccessful structures invite?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Witches.
(c) Rivalry.
(d) Danger.

13. What are kept and preserved to prevent from endangering others in the cultures Douglas describes?
(a) Social barriers.
(b) Areas of margin.
(c) Moral offenses.
(d) Sex pollution.

14. What type of consequences does Douglas state cannot be reversed?
(a) Relationship.
(b) Social.
(c) Economic.
(d) Religious.

15. Which of the following do the Mae Enga men fear?
(a) Female collaboration.
(b) Female sexuality.
(c) Internal boundaries.
(d) Fire.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Douglas, what did primitive cultures see as a creative power?

2. In some tribes, what are examples of formlessness?

3. Where are the Walbiri from?

4. Which of the following do cultures not involve, according to the reading?

5. What do primitive cultures and Christianity have in common in Douglas' opinion?

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