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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the separation of animals referred to as in the reading?
(a) Specific order.
(b) Natural order.
(c) Evolution.
(d) Leviticus.

2. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?
(a) Religion.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Practices.
(d) Blessings.

3. What do success-based beliefs lack, according to the reading?
(a) Order.
(b) Structure.
(c) Purity.
(d) Hereditary powers.

4. Why does Douglas think witches represent threat?
(a) They engage in incest.
(b) They are pitiful.
(c) They cannot control themselves.
(d) They are murderers.

5. In what society described are elders with powers able to control juniors but not for personal gain?
(a) Central Africa.
(b) Witchcraft covens.
(c) Maoris.
(d) Lugbara.

Short Answer Questions

1. When comparing culture, what does Douglas believe should be analyzed through the nature of historical process?

2. For rituals to be effective, what does Douglas believe they require?

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

4. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?

5. Which of the following serves as Douglas' distinction between primitive and modern culture?

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