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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the overall goal of the lowest caste?
(a) To aid God in purity.
(b) To keep their areas clean.
(c) To help the higher castes be pure.
(d) To be an example for their culture.

3. According to Douglas, rituals help to focus through what?
(a) Framing.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Language.
(d) Religion.

4. In Chapter 6, what is considered to be both part of authority and other social structures?
(a) Christianity.
(b) Purity.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Sorcery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For the Maoris, what does menstrual blood represent?

2. According to Malinowski, where do rituals derive from?

3. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?

4. What does Douglas claim that pollution annihilates?

5. What do anomalies represent?

(see the answer key)

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