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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Douglas claim found opposition between sacred and profane?
(a) Frazer.
(b) Smith.
(c) Robertson.
(d) Durkehim.

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

3. What is medical materialism based on?
(a) Philosophical beliefs.
(b) Sanitary conditions.
(c) Practical health routines.
(d) Sumerian beliefs.

4. Who criticized Frazer for being complacent?
(a) Smith.
(b) Durkheim.
(c) Robertson.
(d) Douglas.

5. Symbolic rituals involving religious purity have been concerned with ideas of what?
(a) Bathing.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Worship.
(d) Reading.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas believe has been assumed to be based on false beliefs in magic?

2. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?

3. Which of the following do Douglas' assumptions not allow for?

4. According to Chapter 1, what do contemporary practices divide?

5. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?

(see the answer key)

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