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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Douglas think witches represent threat?
(a) They are murderers.
(b) They cannot control themselves.
(c) They engage in incest.
(d) They are pitiful.

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

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

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

5. What does Douglas state embraces harmony, order, and meaning?
(a) Rituals.
(b) Disease.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Sequentiality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?

2. Which of the following would not be appropriate for an earth animal, according to the classification?

3. Which of the following did Malinowski study?

4. Which of the following is not involved in the patterns Douglas suggests?

5. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?

(see the answer key)

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