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

2. In modern societies, how does Douglas believe that wealth distributed?
(a) Social pollution.
(b) Role specializations.
(c) Market considerations.
(d) Unitiy.

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

4. Which of the following is not involved in the patterns Douglas suggests?
(a) Stable worlds.
(b) Fitting within certain parameters.
(c) Harmony.
(d) Identifying pure and impure.

5. What do the effects of pollution involve, according to Douglas?
(a) Social offense.
(b) Cosmic offense.
(c) Ritual offense.
(d) Religious offense.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas states that all of the following can help to achieve purity except for what?

2. What are kept and preserved to prevent from endangering others in the cultures Douglas describes?

3. Which of the following describes Douglas' pre-Copernican classification?

4. Which of the following describes the Southern Nayar girls?

5. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?

(see the answer key)

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