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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. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?
(a) Separation.
(b) Anger.
(c) Unity.
(d) Confusion.
2. What do the effects of pollution involve, according to Douglas?
(a) Cosmic offense.
(b) Ritual offense.
(c) Religious offense.
(d) Social offense.
3. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?
(a) Solely mechanical symbols.
(b) Symbols nobody can decipher now.
(c) Solely pollution.
(d) Ethics.
4. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?
(a) A love for linguistics.
(b) Equality.
(c) A break from technical development.
(d) Higher social control.
5. Who separated magic from morals and religion?
(a) Smith and Frazer.
(b) Robertson and Durkheim.
(c) Durkheim.
(d) Douglas and Frazer.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following describes Douglas' pre-Copernican classification?
2. Which group of people have practices to prevent and cure malaria?
3. Douglas believes that primitive cultures are wrongly assumed to be which of the following?
4. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
5. What does order reject, according to Chapter 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Douglas describe as being the factors that rituals require?
2. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.
3. What is the anti-ritual prejudice that Douglas describes?
4. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?
5. Which cultures does Douglas describe as avoiding pollution and why?
6. How does Douglas describe fortune as it is related to cosmic alliances in different cultures?
7. In Douglas' book, what is the difference between holiness and blessing?
8. What does Douglas believe has led to the belief that primitive cultures are inferior?
9. What are the differences between primitive cultures and modern cultures in regard to the rules Douglas states?
10. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?
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