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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?
(a) Solely mechanical symbols.
(b) Solely pollution.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Symbols nobody can decipher now.

2. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?
(a) A break from technical development.
(b) Higher social control.
(c) Equality.
(d) A love for linguistics.

3. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?
(a) Social processes.
(b) Ethics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Pollution.

4. What does order reject, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Aid.
(b) Patterns.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Purity.

5. Which item does Douglas require for success?
(a) Incompatibility.
(b) Wholeheartedness.
(c) Patterns.
(d) Blessings.

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

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

8. What does Douglas describe as morality's intent to ensure?
(a) Holiness.
(b) Separation.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Faith.

9. Symbolic rituals involving religious purity have been concerned with ideas of what?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Worship.
(c) Bathing.
(d) Reading.

10. Which type of myths incorporated undifferentiated conditions that provided a unified view of the world, stated by Douglas?
(a) Indian.
(b) Roman.
(c) Greek.
(d) Sumerian.

11. In modern societies, how does Douglas believe that wealth distributed?
(a) Market considerations.
(b) Role specializations.
(c) Social pollution.
(d) Unitiy.

12. What do the Dinka people do to perform a sacrifice in the reading?
(a) Killing animals.
(b) Performing a medical procedure.
(c) Hanging prisoners.
(d) Cutting victims.

13. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?
(a) The pollution.
(b) The purity.
(c) The sacred.
(d) The faith.

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

15. In which type of world view does Douglas believe the world is seen as subjective and personal?
(a) Modern.
(b) Polluted.
(c) Primitive.
(d) Pure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a social control that Douglas lists?

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

3. What is the separation of animals referred to as in the reading?

4. Which of the following do Douglas' assumptions not allow for?

5. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?

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