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

2. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?
(a) The best way to live.
(b) Sacrifice.
(c) Inability to believe in a religion.
(d) Inability to distinguish between associations and reality.

3. Which of the following is the concept of contagion most a part of, according to Douglas?
(a) New Testamant.
(b) Consitution.
(c) Old Testmanet.
(d) Quran.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?

2. Who separated magic from morals and religion?

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

4. According to Frazer, what did the primitive people fail to incorporate in religion?

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

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