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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?
(a) Psychology.
(b) Washings.
(c) The Old Testament.
(d) Soap.

2. What example of a people is given to demonstration insulation from wrong practices, according to Douglas?
(a) Israelites.
(b) Americans.
(c) Russians.
(d) Sumerians.

3. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
(a) Grass.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Urine.
(d) Dirt.

4. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?
(a) Lack of pollution or purity.
(b) Theology.
(c) Jewish concepts.
(d) Classical dramatists.

5. What does the union between God and people involve in Douglas' view?
(a) Purity.
(b) Perseverance.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

2. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

3. Where did the classification of animals come from?

4. Who criticized Frazer for being complacent?

5. For Douglas, what does winning require?

(see the answer key)

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