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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the culture used as an example that treats sub-castes as minorities?
(a) Sumerian.
(b) Coorgs.
(c) Hindu.
(d) American.

2. What does Douglas say in Chapter 2 is necessary for recovery?
(a) Companionship.
(b) Washings.
(c) Cheer.
(d) Isolation.

3. What do ambiguities allow for?
(a) Different interpretations.
(b) Purities.
(c) Pollutions.
(d) Different emotions.

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

5. According to Douglas, who had contempt for primitive society through preconceived judgments?
(a) Smith.
(b) Durkheim.
(c) Robertson.
(d) Frazer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

2. What does Douglas state determines whether menstrual blood is dangerous?

3. Who criticized Frazer for being complacent?

4. In African tribes, what is personality said to be influenced by?

5. What does Douglas say primitive cultures represent more than modern cultures?

(see the answer key)

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