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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Solely pollution.
(c) Symbols nobody can decipher now.
(d) Solely mechanical symbols.

2. Who criticized Frazer for being complacent?
(a) Douglas.
(b) Robertson.
(c) Durkheim.
(d) Smith.

3. Who does Douglas claim found opposition between sacred and profane?
(a) Robertson.
(b) Smith.
(c) Durkehim.
(d) Frazer.

4. Which of the following does Douglas describe primitive cultures as using?
(a) Ritual.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Ethics training.
(d) Murder.

5. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Social processes.
(c) Religion.
(d) Ethics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?

3. Whose beliefs did Durkheim adopt when it came to definitions of primitive religion?

4. According to Douglas, the absence of what pertains to the lack of system?

5. Who separated magic from morals and religion?

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