Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas say primitive cultures represent more than modern cultures?

2. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?

3. Which of the following did Malinowski study?

4. What do ambiguities allow for?

5. What does the union between God and people involve in Douglas' view?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the role of compatibility for the Israelites.

2. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

3. How does Douglas believe that one can one maintain holiness?

4. How does the Old Testament relate to purity, in Douglas' opinion?

5. What does Douglas believe has led to the belief that primitive cultures are inferior?

6. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?

7. What do rituals embrace as described in the reading?

8. Why is sequentiality vital to the rituals that Douglas describes?

9. What was Smith's perception of magic?

10. How is schematizing disrupted, according to Douglas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do views of death differ from culture to culture? What about from primitive to modern cultures? How is death controlled by some cultures that Douglas describes? How does this differ from the religious view of sex?

Essay Topic 2

Describe social control as Douglas defines it. What role does social control play in primitive and modern cultures? Why? What are some examples of social control? What does social control stem from?

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between social and cosmic pollution in Purity and Danger? How do both relate to primitive and modern cultures in the reading? How do these pollutions relate to your life?

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