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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Malinowski study?
(a) Music.
(b) Art.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Linguistics.

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

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

4. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?
(a) Families.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Tribes.
(d) Children.

5. What does Douglas describe as morality's intent to ensure?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Separation.
(c) Holiness.
(d) Faith.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas state embraces harmony, order, and meaning?

2. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?

3. Which of the following does Douglas describe as moving against nature?

4. According to Douglas, the absence of what pertains to the lack of system?

5. Where did the classification of animals come from?

(see the answer key)

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