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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Douglas believes that primitive cultures experience less of which of the following?
(a) Social control.
(b) Development.
(c) Language.
(d) Awareness.

2. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?
(a) Soap.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) Washings.
(d) Psychology.

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

4. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?
(a) Food.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Hair.
(d) Flesh.

5. What does Douglas' social life depend on?
(a) Writing.
(b) Symbolic expressions.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Linguistics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. For rituals to be effective, what does Douglas believe they require?

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

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

5. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?

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