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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas believe can only be effective if it attracts faith?
(a) Money.
(b) Family.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Blessings.

2. What did Vann Gennep associate danger with?
(a) Faith.
(b) Dancing.
(c) Menstrual blood.
(d) Transition.

3. Who do people at the margins of society represent danger to, according to Douglas' view?
(a) Their family and themselves.
(b) Their children.
(c) Society and themselves.
(d) Their tribe.

4. Why are moral situations difficult for Douglas to define?
(a) They are contradictory and uncertain.
(b) They don't allow everybody to be a moral person.
(c) They are not specific enough.
(d) They are too specific.

5. Whose life is put at risk when a wife commits adultery in the Nuer society described?
(a) The wife.
(b) The wife's lover.
(c) The wife's first son.
(d) The wife's husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not involved in categorizing?

2. What does Douglas state embraces harmony, order, and meaning?

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

4. How does Douglas' society prefer to deal with moral offenses?

5. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?

(see the answer key)

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