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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Purity and Danger, which of the following can an impersonal universal power not do?
(a) Reward.
(b) Punish.
(c) Reveal secrets.
(d) Make moral judgments.

2. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?
(a) Higher social control.
(b) A break from technical development.
(c) A love for linguistics.
(d) Equality.

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

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

5. Douglas states that if progress is considered to be differentiation, primitive culture is more what?
(a) Tolerant.
(b) Systematic.
(c) Unified.
(d) Supernatural.

Short Answer Questions

1. To study purity and pollution, what does Douglas believe one must understand?

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

3. What do external boundaries involve, according to Douglas?

4. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?

5. Why does Douglas think witches represent threat?

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