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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. When comparing culture, what does Douglas believe should be analyzed through the nature of historical process?
(a) Pollution and society.
(b) Rationale and logic.
(c) Unity and variety.
(d) Alignment and purity.

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

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

4. How do people with wills and intelligence respond, according to Douglas?
(a) Logically.
(b) Ethically.
(c) Emotionally.
(d) Motivationally.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following would not be appropriate for an earth animal, according to the classification?

2. What does Douglas believe has inspired the distinction between primitive and non-primitive cultures?

3. What is medical materialism based on?

4. Whose beliefs did Durkheim adopt when it came to definitions of primitive religion?

5. Which of the following is not described as being a men-centered religion?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What conclusions did Malinowski come to when he studied primitive cultures?

3. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

4. What were Robertson's beliefs?

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

6. What do rituals embrace as described in the reading?

7. How is schematizing disrupted, according to Douglas?

8. How has anthropology shown the distinction between primitive and modern cultures?

9. What were Durkheim's beliefs?

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

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