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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does Douglas describe primitive cultures as using?
(a) Ethics training.
(b) Ritual.
(c) The Bible.
(d) Murder.

2. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?
(a) Blessings.
(b) Incompleteness.
(c) Wholeness.
(d) Pollution.

3. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?
(a) Flesh.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Hair.
(d) Food.

4. Douglas states that all of the following can help to achieve purity except for what?
(a) Two categories of animals must be eaten with each meal.
(b) Margins are kept according to rituals of separation.
(c) Ideas are ordered.
(d) Boundaries are established.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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