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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 is not involved in the patterns Douglas suggests?
(a) Harmony.
(b) Identifying pure and impure.
(c) Fitting within certain parameters.
(d) Stable worlds.

2. For Douglas, what does winning require?
(a) Separation.
(b) Rationale.
(c) Purity.
(d) Pollution.

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

4. What does Genesis provide in relation to animals?
(a) Food.
(b) Hygiene.
(c) Environment.
(d) Pollutants.

5. Which item does Douglas require for success?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Blessings.
(c) Incompatibility.
(d) Wholeheartedness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Symbolic rituals involving religious purity have been concerned with ideas of what?

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

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

4. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?

5. Which of the following relationships is unclear to Douglas?

(see the answer key)

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