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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. What are the only types of ideas that Douglas believes should be adopted?
(a) Polluted.
(b) Compatible.
(c) Orderly.
(d) Classified.

2. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?
(a) It creates danger.
(b) It eliminates harmony.
(c) I creates disorder.
(d) It harms children.

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

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

5. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?
(a) Poisoning a lover.
(b) Incest.
(c) Having a child out of wedlock.
(d) Adultery.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following did Malinowski study?

4. Who criticized Frazer for being complacent?

5. Which of the following does Douglas believe can disrupt schematizing?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is schematizing disrupted, according to Douglas?

3. What does Douglas believe has led to the belief that primitive cultures are inferior?

4. What does morality ensure, according to Douglas?

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

6. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.

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

8. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

9. How does Douglas describe fortune as it is related to cosmic alliances in different cultures?

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

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