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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Social processes.
(d) Religion.

2. What are kept and preserved to prevent from endangering others in the cultures Douglas describes?
(a) Moral offenses.
(b) Social barriers.
(c) Areas of margin.
(d) Sex pollution.

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

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

5. What do boundaries represent to Douglas?
(a) Shape.
(b) Danger.
(c) Purity.
(d) Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In which type of world view does Douglas believe the world is seen as subjective and personal?

2. What is considered the first stage of digestion in the caste structure described?

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

4. What does Douglas describe boundaries as altering?

5. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

(see the answer key)

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