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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To maintain universal order, what does Douglas believe must occur?
(a) Individuals must adhere to their class.
(b) Individuals must maintain proper bathing rituals.
(c) Groups must learn to cooperate.
(d) Individuals must learn to bless each other.

2. What is the separation of animals referred to as in the reading?
(a) Evolution.
(b) Natural order.
(c) Leviticus.
(d) Specific order.

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

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

5. Who does Douglas claim found opposition between sacred and profane?
(a) Frazer.
(b) Durkehim.
(c) Smith.
(d) Robertson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What example of a people is given to demonstration insulation from wrong practices, according to Douglas?

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

3. What is medical materialism based on?

4. What does Douglas say primitive cultures represent more than modern cultures?

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

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