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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?

2. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?

3. Douglas states that which group of people regard external forms as empty?

4. In African tribes, what is personality said to be influenced by?

5. Which of the following does Douglas believe rituals can alter by restating?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is involved in the categorization that Douglas describes?

2. What do rituals embrace as described in the reading?

3. How does Douglas describe fortune as it is related to cosmic alliances in different cultures?

4. Describe the rationale for the classification of animals.

5. What does morality ensure, according to Douglas?

6. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?

7. Why is sequentiality vital to the rituals that Douglas describes?

8. Describe economic reality in relation to primitive and modern cultures, according to Douglas.

9. What is the role of men-centered religions on a culture as described by Douglas?

10. What was Smith's perception of magic?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the difference between holiness and blessing as Douglas defines them? How are both related to these concepts: morality, purity, pollution, classification, organization, separation?

Essay Topic 2

In Coorgs society, how does the caste system work? What is the goal of the lower caste? What is the goal of the upper caste? How do women serve as gatekeepers in a caste society such as this one?

Essay Topic 3

Describe social control as Douglas defines it. What role does social control play in primitive and modern cultures? Why? What are some examples of social control? What does social control stem from?

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