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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the union between God and people involve in Douglas' view?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Perseverance.
(c) Struggle.
(d) Purity.

3. What do anomalies represent?
(a) Interpretations.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Purity.
(d) Differences.

4. What does Douglas say primitive cultures represent more than modern cultures?
(a) Rituals and rites.
(b) Fragmented rules.
(c) Pattern rules.
(d) Purity.

5. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?
(a) Symbols nobody can decipher now.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Solely mechanical symbols.
(d) Solely pollution.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?

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

3. Whose beliefs did Durkheim adopt when it came to definitions of primitive religion?

4. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?

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

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