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

2. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?
(a) Food.
(b) Flesh.
(c) Aluminum.
(d) Hair.

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

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

5. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?
(a) Psychology.
(b) The Old Testament.
(c) Washings.
(d) Soap.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is medical materialism based on?

3. Where did the classification of animals come from?

4. Which of the following serves as Douglas' distinction between primitive and modern culture?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe economic reality in relation to primitive and modern cultures, according to Douglas.

2. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.

3. In Douglas' book, what is the difference between holiness and blessing?

4. What is the anti-ritual prejudice that Douglas describes?

5. Describe the role of compatibility for the Israelites.

6. What were Robertson's beliefs?

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

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

9. What is isolation's role in health concerns?

10. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

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