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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What types of nationalities are deemed to represent power and invite discrimination, according to Douglas?
(a) Those with knowledge and skills.
(b) Those with complete purity.
(c) Those with unexplained advantages.
(d) Those with faith.

2. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?
(a) Inability to believe in a religion.
(b) The best way to live.
(c) Sacrifice.
(d) Inability to distinguish between associations and reality.

3. According to Chapter 1, what do contemporary practices divide?
(a) Pure and Disgusting.
(b) Knowledgeable and ignorant.
(c) Safe and unsafe.
(d) Dirty and clean.

4. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?
(a) Coercion.
(b) Social awareness.
(c) Predictability.
(d) Monetary incentives.

5. What do rituals of purification incorporate, as described by Douglas?
(a) Annulment.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are moral situations difficult for Douglas to define?

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

3. What is medical materialism based on?

4. Where did the classification of animals come from?

5. What does Douglas believe has inspired the distinction between primitive and non-primitive cultures?

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