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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?
(a) Incompleteness.
(b) Wholeness.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Pollution.

2. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?
(a) Coercion.
(b) Monetary incentives.
(c) Social awareness.
(d) Predictability.

3. What does Genesis provide in relation to animals?
(a) Hygiene.
(b) Environment.
(c) Food.
(d) Pollutants.

4. What does Douglas say in Chapter 2 is necessary for recovery?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Cheer.
(c) Washings.
(d) Isolation.

5. What did Vann Gennep associate danger with?
(a) Faith.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Transition.
(d) Menstrual blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas states that which group of people regard external forms as empty?

2. What does Douglas believe that laws and rules involving food and eating were made to deal with?

3. When comparing culture, what does Douglas believe should be analyzed through the nature of historical process?

4. What do the Dinka people do to perform a sacrifice in the reading?

5. According to Douglas, rituals help to focus through what?

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