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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. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?
2. According to Malinowski, where do rituals derive from?
3. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?
4. Douglas states that which group of people regard external forms as empty?
5. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Douglas describe as being the factors that rituals require?
2. What are the differences between primitive cultures and modern cultures in regard to the rules Douglas states?
3. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?
4. How does Douglas believe that one can one maintain holiness?
5. How is schematizing disrupted, according to Douglas?
6. What were Frazer's beliefs?
7. What is involved in the categorization that Douglas describes?
8. What is the anti-ritual prejudice that Douglas describes?
9. Why is sequentiality vital to the rituals that Douglas describes?
10. What does morality ensure, according to Douglas?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do some societies attempt to control danger, according to Douglas? Are they successful? Why or why not? What are the benefits to controlling power? Are there any downsides? How are marginal states related to danger? Can marginal states be controlled? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
How do views of death differ from culture to culture? What about from primitive to modern cultures? How is death controlled by some cultures that Douglas describes? How does this differ from the religious view of sex?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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