Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?
(a) Religion.
(b) Practices.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Linguistics.

2. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?
(a) Drug indigestion.
(b) Eating something polluted.
(c) Being unpure.
(d) Food indigestion.

3. Douglas states that which group of people regard external forms as empty?
(a) Sumerians.
(b) Christians.
(c) Americans.
(d) Romans.

4. What does Douglas' social life depend on?
(a) Writing.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Symbolic expressions.

5. For rituals to be effective, what does Douglas believe they require?
(a) Harmony and blessings.
(b) Skill and health.
(c) Symbolism and hope.
(d) Faith and confidence.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?

4. To study purity and pollution, what does Douglas believe one must understand?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?

2. Which cultures does Douglas describe as avoiding pollution and why?

3. What are the differences between primitive cultures and modern cultures in regard to the rules Douglas states?

4. What is the role of men-centered religions on a culture as described by Douglas?

5. What does Douglas describe as being the factors that rituals require?

6. What was Smith's perception of magic?

7. How is schematizing disrupted, according to Douglas?

8. What were Robertson's beliefs?

9. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

10. How does Douglas describe the ways in which purity can be achieved?

(see the answer keys)

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