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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Douglas describe primitive cultures as using?
(a) Ethics training.
(b) Ritual.
(c) Murder.
(d) The Bible.

2. What do ambiguities allow for?
(a) Different emotions.
(b) Different interpretations.
(c) Pollutions.
(d) Purities.

3. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Strength.
(d) Morality.

4. What do anomalies represent?
(a) Interpretations.
(b) Purity.
(c) Differences.
(d) Pollution.

5. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?
(a) The pollution.
(b) The sacred.
(c) The purity.
(d) The faith.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is medical materialism based on?

3. Which of the following is not involved in categorizing?

4. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?

5. What does the union between God and people involve in Douglas' view?

(see the answer key)

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