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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the classification of animals come from?
(a) Lot.
(b) Job.
(c) Leviticus.
(d) Moses.

2. Which of the following relationships is unclear to Douglas?
(a) Ritual and purity.
(b) Science and magic.
(c) Religion and magic.
(d) Pollution and science.

3. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?
(a) Eating something polluted.
(b) Drug indigestion.
(c) Food indigestion.
(d) Being unpure.

4. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?
(a) Monetary incentives.
(b) Social awareness.
(c) Predictability.
(d) Coercion.

5. What is medical materialism based on?
(a) Sumerian beliefs.
(b) Philosophical beliefs.
(c) Practical health routines.
(d) Sanitary conditions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas believes that primitive cultures experience less of which of the following?

2. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?

3. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?

4. In African tribes, what is personality said to be influenced by?

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

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