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

2. Douglas claims that primitive cultures have been regarded as manipulating which group of people?
(a) Elders.
(b) Men.
(c) Children.
(d) Women.

3. What does Douglas claim to be both a part of decay and growth?
(a) Boundaries.
(b) Formlessness.
(c) Purity.
(d) Dirt.

4. How do the Lele distinguish between pollution and purity?
(a) Using fire in sacrifices.
(b) Using certain hands for certain actions.
(c) Washing hands before preparing food.
(d) Classifying animals.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas say happens if sexual roles are directly enforced?

2. Whose life is put at risk when a wife commits adultery in the Nuer society described?

3. What do the Dinka people try to control more than other cultures, according to Douglas?

4. What type of rules fail to deter authority in the Bemba culture?

5. What pollution does the Bushong king practice as a part of sacrifice?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the Nuer beliefs and actions.

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

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

5. Describe incest in Bushong culture and beliefs.

6. Why does Douglas state that pollutions are dangerous?

7. Describe Mae Enga culture and beliefs.

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

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

10. How does sexual purity relate to women who are low in caste?

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