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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is not a social control that Douglas lists?
(a) Cell phone.
(b) License.
(c) Norms.
(d) Etiquette.

2. What do primitive cultures and Christianity have in common in Douglas' opinion?
(a) Virginity.
(b) Virility.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Sexuality.

3. What type of behavior does the pollution Douglas describes reflect?
(a) Religious.
(b) Wrong.
(c) Good.
(d) Righteous.

4. In Bemba culture, what can cause death?
(a) Lying to an elder.
(b) Boundaries.
(c) Sex.
(d) Fire.

5. What is the overall goal of the lowest caste?
(a) To keep their areas clean.
(b) To help the higher castes be pure.
(c) To be an example for their culture.
(d) To aid God in purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas claim to be both a part of decay and growth?

2. Douglas states that all of the following can help to achieve purity except for what?

3. What does Douglas describe purification allows for avoiding?

4. If a woman is endangered in child labor, who is condemned in Nuer culture?

5. What do the Nuer determine their moral code through?

(see the answer key)

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