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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In South India, what is part of the entry to the caste?
(a) Purity of women.
(b) Purity of elders.
(c) Purity of men.
(d) Purity of children.

2. When comparing culture, what does Douglas believe should be analyzed through the nature of historical process?
(a) Unity and variety.
(b) Alignment and purity.
(c) Rationale and logic.
(d) Pollution and society.

3. How can ideas of contagion be understood, according to Douglas' beliefs?
(a) By studying philosophy.
(b) By studying Jewish religion.
(c) By studying the place of humans in the universe.
(d) By studying Durkeim's views.

4. In the Hebrew religion, what could only be touched through sacrifice?
(a) Beef.
(b) Blood.
(c) Pork.
(d) Water.

5. If a woman is endangered in child labor, who is condemned in Nuer culture?
(a) The child.
(b) The woman.
(c) The woman's mother.
(d) The woman's seducer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the classification of animals come from?

2. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?

3. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?

4. What example of a people is given to demonstration insulation from wrong practices, according to Douglas?

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

(see the answer key)

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