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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?
(a) Families.
(b) Children.
(c) Individuals.
(d) Tribes.

2. What does Douglas believe has inspired the distinction between primitive and non-primitive cultures?
(a) Astrology.
(b) Psychology.
(c) Biology.
(d) Anthropology.

3. In which type of world view does Douglas believe the world is seen as subjective and personal?
(a) Polluted.
(b) Modern.
(c) Primitive.
(d) Pure.

4. In modern societies, how does Douglas believe that wealth distributed?
(a) Role specializations.
(b) Unitiy.
(c) Market considerations.
(d) Social pollution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?

2. Whose life is put at risk when a wife commits adultery in the Nuer society described?

3. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

4. Where did the classification of animals come from?

5. What do the Bemba believe can transfer through fire?

(see the answer key)

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