View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?
(a) Anger.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Separation.
(d) Unity.

2. Where did the classification of animals come from?
(a) Lot.
(b) Moses.
(c) Job.
(d) Leviticus.

3. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Urine.
(d) Grass.

4. According to Chapter 1, what do contemporary practices divide?
(a) Knowledgeable and ignorant.
(b) Dirty and clean.
(c) Pure and Disgusting.
(d) Safe and unsafe.

5. Which item does Douglas require for success?
(a) Incompatibility.
(b) Blessings.
(c) Patterns.
(d) Wholeheartedness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?

2. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?

3. To study purity and pollution, what does Douglas believe one must understand?

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

5. According to Douglas, who had contempt for primitive society through preconceived judgments?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 160 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample