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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. Who separated magic from morals and religion?

2. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?

3. Which of the following is an example of Douglas' social control?

4. How do people with wills and intelligence respond, according to Douglas?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In Douglas' book, what is the difference between holiness and blessing?

2. How does the Old Testament relate to purity, in Douglas' opinion?

3. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.

4. Which cultures does Douglas describe as avoiding pollution and why?

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

6. How has anthropology shown the distinction between primitive and modern cultures?

7. What were Durkheim's beliefs?

8. How does Douglas believe that one can one maintain holiness?

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

10. Describe the rationale for the classification of animals.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the consequences that Douglas associates with not having a specific government administration? How do social and moral situations involve contradictions? What do shifting loyalties have to do with political structure? What does allegiance have to do with marriage in a political structure?

Essay Topic 2

What is the contradiction in rejecting and accepting death? Is this something that takes place in modern culture? Give one example of such an event.

Essay Topic 3

What is the difference between social and cosmic pollution in Purity and Danger? How do both relate to primitive and modern cultures in the reading? How do these pollutions relate to your life?

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