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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Douglas, the absence of what pertains to the lack of system?
(a) Filth.
(b) Purity.
(c) Order.
(d) Pollution.

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

5. What does Douglas believe has been assumed to be based on false beliefs in magic?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Purity.
(d) Comparative religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Frazer, what did the primitive people fail to incorporate in religion?

2. Which of the following would not be appropriate for an earth animal, according to the classification?

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

4. What do the Dinka people do to perform a sacrifice in the reading?

5. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?

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