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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?
(a) Food indigestion.
(b) Being unpure.
(c) Eating something polluted.
(d) Drug indigestion.

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

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

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

5. What does Douglas say in Chapter 2 is necessary for recovery?
(a) Cheer.
(b) Isolation.
(c) Companionship.
(d) Washings.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?

3. Which of the following does Douglas believe can disrupt schematizing?

4. Who separated magic from morals and religion?

5. Which of the following is not involved in the patterns Douglas suggests?

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