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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. According to Malinowski, where do rituals derive from?

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

3. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?

4. Who does Douglas claim found opposition between sacred and profane?

5. Symbolic rituals involving religious purity have been concerned with ideas of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.

2. What was Smith's perception of magic?

3. What were Robertson's beliefs?

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

5. What is isolation's role in health concerns?

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

7. How does Douglas describe the primitive world view?

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

9. Describe the rationale for the classification of animals.

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 Douglas' social structures. What is the significance of a formal power structure? What happens with a system lacks a power structure? Are there any benefits to these systems? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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