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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 describes the Southern Nayar girls?
(a) No fertility.
(b) Only upper castes can marry.
(c) No permanent husband.
(d) They get to choose a husband.

2. In Chapter 6, what is considered to be both part of authority and other social structures?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) Purity.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Christianity.

3. How can adulterers become free from guilt, as described in Nuer society?
(a) By cleansing themselves of pollution.
(b) By performing a sacrifice.
(c) By getting a divorce.
(d) By praying.

4. How does Douglas' society prefer to deal with moral offenses?
(a) Religion.
(b) Money.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Deaths.

5. What pollution does the Bushong king practice as a part of sacrifice?
(a) Not bathing for two weeks.
(b) Eating meat.
(c) Adultery.
(d) Incest.

Short Answer Questions

1. The model of sexual energy that Douglas describes is a basis of what?

2. What type of barrier crossing is treated as pollution as described by Douglas?

3. Which of the following do the Mae Enga men fear?

4. If a husband's life is threatened, who is to blame in Nuer beliefs?

5. In some tribes, what are examples of formlessness?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Lele culture and beliefs.

2. How do escapism and realism relate to the dirt and primitive cultures that Douglas describes?

3. Describe the structure of the Lugbara.

4. Describe Bemba culture and beliefs.

5. How is infidelity handled in a Nuer society?

6. Why does Douglas say that social consequences cannot be reversed?

7. What is a moral situation? Can we define a moral? Why or why not?

8. Describe the social structure of the Walbiri.

9. How do Vann Gennep's conclusions relate to the Maoris people?

10. Describe the Israeli rejection of dirt. How is it destructive and creative at the same time, in Douglas' view?

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