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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 are the only types of ideas that Douglas believes should be adopted?
2. Who separated magic from morals and religion?
3. What example of a people is given to demonstration insulation from wrong practices, according to Douglas?
4. Whose beliefs did Durkheim adopt when it came to definitions of primitive religion?
5. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe medical materialism as it is described in Purity and Danger.
2. What were Robertson's beliefs?
3. What is the anti-ritual prejudice that Douglas describes?
4. What does morality ensure, according to Douglas?
5. Which cultures does Douglas describe as avoiding pollution and why?
6. What do rituals embrace as described in the reading?
7. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?
8. What were Durkheim's beliefs?
9. What conclusions did Malinowski come to when he studied primitive cultures?
10. What is the role of men-centered religions on a culture as described by Douglas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the rationale behind classifying animals. If you were to classify animals, would your method be comparable? Why or why not? Why do you think the animals are categorized this way?
Essay Topic 2
Describe the four types of pollutions that Douglas introduces. Give one example of each in primitive culture and in modern culture. How do these cultures overcome pollutions?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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