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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the classification of animals come from?
(a) Leviticus.
(b) Moses.
(c) Lot.
(d) Job.

2. Douglas states that all of the following can help to achieve purity except for what?
(a) Two categories of animals must be eaten with each meal.
(b) Margins are kept according to rituals of separation.
(c) Boundaries are established.
(d) Ideas are ordered.

3. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?
(a) Classical dramatists.
(b) Lack of pollution or purity.
(c) Jewish concepts.
(d) Theology.

4. For Douglas, what does winning require?
(a) Rationale.
(b) Separation.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Purity.

5. To maintain universal order, what does Douglas believe must occur?
(a) Individuals must adhere to their class.
(b) Groups must learn to cooperate.
(c) Individuals must learn to bless each other.
(d) Individuals must maintain proper bathing rituals.

6. Which of the following did Malinowski study?
(a) Art.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Music.

7. What does the union between God and people involve in Douglas' view?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Purity.
(c) Perseverance.
(d) Struggle.

8. Which of the following is not involved in the patterns Douglas suggests?
(a) Stable worlds.
(b) Identifying pure and impure.
(c) Fitting within certain parameters.
(d) Harmony.

9. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Morality.
(c) Strength.
(d) Ethics.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?
(a) Unity.
(b) Peace.
(c) Hygiene.
(d) Separation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does Douglas describe as moving against nature?

2. According to Malinowski, where do rituals derive from?

3. Which item does Douglas require for success?

4. What is medical materialism based on?

5. What are the only types of ideas that Douglas believes should be adopted?

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