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

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

3. Whose beliefs did Durkheim adopt when it came to definitions of primitive religion?
(a) Frazer.
(b) Douglas.
(c) Smith.
(d) Robertson.

4. Douglas believes that primitive cultures experience less of which of the following?
(a) Language.
(b) Awareness.
(c) Social control.
(d) Development.

5. Which of the following does Douglas believe can disrupt schematizing?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Anomalies.
(c) Order.
(d) Purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?

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

3. Which of the following does Douglas believe rituals can alter by restating?

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

5. According to Douglas, who had contempt for primitive society through preconceived judgments?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is sequentiality vital to the rituals that Douglas describes?

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

3. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

4. Describe the rationale for the classification of animals.

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

6. Describe the role of compatibility for the Israelites.

7. What were Frazer's beliefs?

8. How does the Old Testament relate to purity, in Douglas' opinion?

9. What does morality ensure, according to Douglas?

10. What were Robertson's beliefs?

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