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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Douglas believe rituals can alter by restating?
(a) Past.
(b) Present.
(c) Purity.
(d) Future.

2. Where did the classification of animals come from?
(a) Job.
(b) Lot.
(c) Moses.
(d) Leviticus.

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

4. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?
(a) Incest.
(b) Poisoning a lover.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Having a child out of wedlock.

5. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?
(a) Unity.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Anger.
(d) Separation.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?

2. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?

3. What does Douglas say happens if sexual roles are directly enforced?

4. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?

5. What did Vann Gennep associate danger with?

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