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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
(a) Urine.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Grass.
(d) Vegetables.

2. Whose beliefs did Durkheim adopt when it came to definitions of primitive religion?
(a) Robertson.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Smith.
(d) Frazer.

3. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?
(a) The purity.
(b) The pollution.
(c) The faith.
(d) The sacred.

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

5. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?
(a) Soap.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) Psychology.
(d) Washings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas say in Chapter 2 is necessary for recovery?

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

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

4. How can ideas of contagion be understood, according to Douglas' beliefs?

5. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?

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