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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Douglas claim found opposition between sacred and profane?
(a) Smith.
(b) Robertson.
(c) Durkehim.
(d) Frazer.

5. What do external boundaries involve, according to Douglas?
(a) Social order.
(b) Communcal sacrifice.
(c) Perosnal inclinations.
(d) Purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. To maintain universal order, what does Douglas believe must occur?

2. Which of the following is not a social control that Douglas lists?

3. Who do people at the margins of society represent danger to, according to Douglas' view?

4. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?

5. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?

(see the answer key)

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