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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For Douglas, what does winning require?
(a) Separation.
(b) Rationale.
(c) Purity.
(d) Pollution.

2. Which of the following serves as Douglas' distinction between primitive and modern culture?
(a) Social pollution.
(b) Religion.
(c) Cosmic pollution.
(d) Observing taboo.

3. What is the separation of animals referred to as in the reading?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) Specific order.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Natural order.

4. Which type of myths incorporated undifferentiated conditions that provided a unified view of the world, stated by Douglas?
(a) Sumerian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Indian.
(d) Greek.

5. What does Douglas describe rituals as requiring?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Beliefs.
(c) Sequentiality.
(d) Blessings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which group of people have practices to prevent and cure malaria?

3. Which of the following is one of Douglas' marginal states?

4. Which of the following does Douglas believe rituals can alter by restating?

5. What do success-based beliefs lack, according to the reading?

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