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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 Douglas' rules of pollution concerned with?
(a) Facts.
(b) Strategy.
(c) Morals.
(d) Opinions.

2. In the Hebrew religion, what could only be touched through sacrifice?
(a) Beef.
(b) Pork.
(c) Water.
(d) Blood.

3. What is considered the first stage of digestion in the caste structure described?
(a) Purchasing food.
(b) Swallowing.
(c) Chewing.
(d) Cooking.

4. What does the Oyo Yoruba tribe distinguish between?
(a) Left and right eye.
(b) Hands and feet.
(c) Dirt and cleanliness.
(d) Left and right hand.

5. When do Orthodox Brahmins marry off their daughters?
(a) Before puberty.
(b) After they begin menstruating.
(c) Before birth.
(d) After puberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What ambiguity example is given in Chapter 10?

2. Douglas states that pollution only involves situations that have which kind of structures?

3. What can be derived from the ritual frame that Douglas describes?

4. Which word does Douglas use to describe the highest castes in South India?

5. What type of collaboration does Douglas believe must be maintained to assure social life is preserved?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is infidelity handled in a Nuer society?

3. Describe the enforcements of harmony that Douglas introduces.

4. What are the disadvantages to disorder that Douglas poses?

5. Describe Mae Enga culture and beliefs.

6. Why does Douglas state that pollutions are dangerous?

7. Why is dirt regarded as being a powerful part of a ritual, according to Douglas?

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

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

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

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