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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas states that if progress is considered to be differentiation, primitive culture is more what?
(a) Systematic.
(b) Supernatural.
(c) Tolerant.
(d) Unified.

2. Whose life is put at risk when a wife commits adultery in the Nuer society described?
(a) The wife.
(b) The wife's lover.
(c) The wife's first son.
(d) The wife's husband.

3. Which of the following would not be appropriate for an earth animal, according to the classification?
(a) Swimming.
(b) Running.
(c) Hopping.
(d) Walking.

4. How does Douglas' society prefer to deal with moral offenses?
(a) Religion.
(b) Rituals.
(c) Money.
(d) Deaths.

5. Douglas believes that primitive cultures experience less of which of the following?
(a) Development.
(b) Language.
(c) Social control.
(d) Awareness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?

2. What is the separation of animals referred to as in the reading?

3. Which of the following does Douglas describe as moving against nature?

4. What does Douglas believe has inspired the distinction between primitive and non-primitive cultures?

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

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