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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas states that which group of people regard external forms as empty?
(a) Americans.
(b) Sumerians.
(c) Romans.
(d) Christians.

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

3. What does order reject, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Purity.
(c) Patterns.
(d) Aid.

4. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?
(a) Theology.
(b) Jewish concepts.
(c) Lack of pollution or purity.
(d) Classical dramatists.

5. How do people with wills and intelligence respond, according to Douglas?
(a) Emotionally.
(b) Ethically.
(c) Motivationally.
(d) Logically.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

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

3. Which of the following is the concept of contagion most a part of, according to Douglas?

4. How can ideas of contagion be understood, according to Douglas' beliefs?

5. What do the effects of pollution involve, according to Douglas?

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