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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Grass.
(d) Urine.

2. What does Douglas believe can only be effective if it attracts faith?
(a) Money.
(b) Family.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Confidence.

3. What do the Dinka people do to perform a sacrifice in the reading?
(a) Cutting victims.
(b) Hanging prisoners.
(c) Performing a medical procedure.
(d) Killing animals.

4. According to Purity and Danger, which of the following can an impersonal universal power not do?
(a) Make moral judgments.
(b) Reveal secrets.
(c) Reward.
(d) Punish.

5. Which of the following serves as Douglas' distinction between primitive and modern culture?
(a) Social pollution.
(b) Cosmic pollution.
(c) Observing taboo.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?

3. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

4. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?

5. Which group of people have practices to prevent and cure malaria?

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