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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas believes that primitive cultures are wrongly assumed to be which of the following?
(a) Incestual.
(b) Ritualistic.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Neurotic.

2. What does Douglas state embraces harmony, order, and meaning?
(a) Rituals.
(b) Sequentiality.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Disease.

3. Who separated magic from morals and religion?
(a) Robertson and Durkheim.
(b) Smith and Frazer.
(c) Douglas and Frazer.
(d) Durkheim.

4. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?
(a) Incest.
(b) Poisoning a lover.
(c) Having a child out of wedlock.
(d) Adultery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does order reject, according to Chapter 2?

2. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?

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

4. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?

5. According to Douglas, rituals help to focus through what?

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