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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which item does Douglas require for success?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Blessings.
(c) Wholeheartedness.
(d) Incompatibility.

3. Which of the following serves as Douglas' distinction between primitive and modern culture?
(a) Social pollution.
(b) Cosmic pollution.
(c) Observing taboo.
(d) Religion.

4. How do people with wills and intelligence respond, according to Douglas?
(a) Logically.
(b) Ethically.
(c) Emotionally.
(d) Motivationally.

5. What is the separation of animals referred to as in the reading?
(a) Specific order.
(b) Evolution.
(c) Leviticus.
(d) Natural order.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Nuer determine their moral code through?

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

3. Why are moral situations difficult for Douglas to define?

4. What does Douglas describe as morality's intent to ensure?

5. What may the Nuer kill in defense for, according to Douglas?

(see the answer key)

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