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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 type of consequences does Douglas state cannot be reversed?
(a) Economic.
(b) Social.
(c) Religious.
(d) Relationship.

2. What do the Nyakusa associate dirt with?
(a) Food.
(b) Sex.
(c) Madness.
(d) Marriage.

3. Why does Douglas think witches represent threat?
(a) They are pitiful.
(b) They engage in incest.
(c) They cannot control themselves.
(d) They are murderers.

4. What does the reading state success-based beliefs represent?
(a) Distribution of purity and pollution.
(b) Distribution of positive power.
(c) Distribution of wealth.
(d) Distribution of status.

5. According to Douglas, what did primitive cultures see as a creative power?
(a) Women.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

1. In South India, what is part of the entry to the caste?

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

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

4. Which culture is used as the example to show that dangerous impurities can be feared?

5. In Lele culture, what should pregnant women only eat?

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast the Nuers and Bedouins on political structure.

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

3. Describe the Coorgs' caste system.

4. Why does Douglas state that pollutions are dangerous?

5. Describe the structure of witchcraft that Douglas explains.

6. Describe the treatment of ambiguities as described in Chapter 10.

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

8. Describe Bemba culture and beliefs.

9. How do internal and external boundaries, described by Douglas, relate to the human body?

10. Describe Mae Enga culture and beliefs.

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