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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of rules fail to deter authority in the Bemba culture?
(a) Child abuse.
(b) Knowledge pollution.
(c) Murder.
(d) Sex pollution.

2. Which of the following is not a duty the lowest caste would do?
(a) Cutting hair.
(b) Sweeping floors.
(c) Washing clothes.
(d) Leading church ceremonies.

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

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

5. Which of these is not a pollution that Douglas distinguishes?
(a) Crossing internal boundaries.
(b) Crossing external boundaries.
(c) The lines' margin.
(d) Refraining from purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. How can ideas of contagion be understood, according to Douglas' beliefs?

2. Which of the following is not described as being a men-centered religion?

3. What do the Lele men compete for?

4. What does Douglas state determines whether menstrual blood is dangerous?

5. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?

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