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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the following would not be appropriate for an earth animal, according to the classification?
(a) Running.
(b) Walking.
(c) Swimming.
(d) Hopping.

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

4. What does Douglas believe has inspired the distinction between primitive and non-primitive cultures?
(a) Biology.
(b) Anthropology.
(c) Astrology.
(d) Psychology.

5. Douglas states that all of the following can help to achieve purity except for what?
(a) Boundaries are established.
(b) Margins are kept according to rituals of separation.
(c) Ideas are ordered.
(d) Two categories of animals must be eaten with each meal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the classification of animals come from?

3. Which of the following relationships is unclear to Douglas?

4. Which of the following is not involved in the patterns Douglas suggests?

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

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