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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Douglas' society prefer to deal with moral offenses?
(a) Deaths.
(b) Money.
(c) Rituals.
(d) Religion.

2. Why are moral situations difficult for Douglas to define?
(a) They are too specific.
(b) They are not specific enough.
(c) They are contradictory and uncertain.
(d) They don't allow everybody to be a moral person.

3. For Douglas, what does winning require?
(a) Rationale.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Separation.
(d) Purity.

4. How do people with wills and intelligence respond, according to Douglas?
(a) Motivationally.
(b) Emotionally.
(c) Ethically.
(d) Logically.

5. Which of the following is not a social control that Douglas lists?
(a) Cell phone.
(b) Norms.
(c) License.
(d) Etiquette.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which type of myths incorporated undifferentiated conditions that provided a unified view of the world, stated by Douglas?

2. What are the only types of ideas that Douglas believes should be adopted?

3. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

4. What type of rules fail to deter authority in the Bemba culture?

5. How can adulterers become free from guilt, as described in Nuer society?

(see the answer key)

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