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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In African tribes, what is personality said to be influenced by?
(a) The cosmos.
(b) The sequentiality of birth.
(c) The purity of the mother and father.
(d) The water and air present during birth.

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

4. Symbolic rituals involving religious purity have been concerned with ideas of what?
(a) Worship.
(b) Reading.
(c) Cooking.
(d) Bathing.

5. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?
(a) Food.
(b) Hair.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Flesh.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas think a system needs to be successful?

2. To create order, what does Douglas believe one must acknowledge?

3. In some tribes, what are examples of formlessness?

4. What does Douglas believe can only be effective if it attracts faith?

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

(see the answer key)

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