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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Douglas, what did primitive cultures see as a creative power?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Water.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Women.

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

4. What do the Lele men compete for?
(a) Sex with multiple women.
(b) Homes.
(c) Wives.
(d) Children.

5. Which group does Douglas describe as being closest to the Protestants?
(a) Orthodox Brahmins.
(b) Yurok.
(c) Walbiri.
(d) Lele.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas state determines whether menstrual blood is dangerous?

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

3. What example is given to describe why a sorcerer would move animals to the human sphere?

4. What do external boundaries involve, according to Douglas?

5. Where are the Walbiri from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Douglas say that social consequences cannot be reversed?

2. Describe the four types of pollutions that Douglas introduces.

3. Describe the Coorgs' caste system.

4. How do internal and external boundaries, described by Douglas, relate to the human body?

5. How is infidelity handled in a Nuer society?

6. Are the arguments that Douglas poses in regards to primitive cultures being thought of as primitive and neurotic valid? Why or why not?

7. How do escapism and realism relate to the dirt and primitive cultures that Douglas describes?

8. Describe the Nuer beliefs and actions.

9. Describe Lele culture and beliefs.

10. Describe the structure of the Lugbara.

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