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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 what society described are elders with powers able to control juniors but not for personal gain?
(a) Witchcraft covens.
(b) Maoris.
(c) Lugbara.
(d) Central Africa.

2. What do the Bemba believe can transfer through fire?
(a) Premarital sex.
(b) Murder.
(c) Incest.
(d) Adultery.

3. Who do people at the margins of society represent danger to, according to Douglas' view?
(a) Society and themselves.
(b) Their family and themselves.
(c) Their children.
(d) Their tribe.

4. In South India, what is part of the entry to the caste?
(a) Purity of men.
(b) Purity of women.
(c) Purity of children.
(d) Purity of elders.

5. Where are the Walbiri from?
(a) America.
(b) Britain.
(c) Australia.
(d) Egypt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is not a duty the lowest caste would do?

2. What are Douglas' rules of pollution concerned with?

3. What may the Nuer kill in defense for, according to Douglas?

4. Which of the following is one of Douglas' marginal states?

5. When is dirt not dangerous, according to Douglas?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bemba culture and beliefs.

2. How is food preparation related to pollution?

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

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

5. Describe the enforcements of harmony that Douglas introduces.

6. Describe Mae Enga culture and beliefs.

7. Describe the Coorgs' caste system.

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

9. Describe Lele culture and beliefs.

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

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