View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which culture is used as the example to show that dangerous impurities can be feared?
(a) Sumerian.
(b) American.
(c) Maosis.
(d) Coorgs.

2. What do the Dinka people do to perform a sacrifice in the reading?
(a) Hanging prisoners.
(b) Performing a medical procedure.
(c) Cutting victims.
(d) Killing animals.

3. What did Vann Gennep associate danger with?
(a) Menstrual blood.
(b) Faith.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Transition.

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

5. According to Douglas, who had contempt for primitive society through preconceived judgments?
(a) Frazer.
(b) Smith.
(c) Durkheim.
(d) Robertson.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 7, what type of boundaries does society have?

2. In African tribes, what is personality said to be influenced by?

3. According to Purity and Danger, which of the following can an impersonal universal power not do?

4. Where did the classification of animals come from?

5. Douglas believes that primitive cultures experience less of which of the following?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 189 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample