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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Symbolic rituals involving religious purity have been concerned with ideas of what?
(a) Reading.
(b) Cooking.
(c) Worship.
(d) Bathing.

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

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

4. Which of the following is not involved in categorizing?
(a) Anomaly.
(b) Order.
(c) Authority.
(d) Patterns.

5. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?
(a) Inability to believe in a religion.
(b) Inability to distinguish between associations and reality.
(c) The best way to live.
(d) Sacrifice.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the concept of contagion most a part of, according to Douglas?

2. What do ambiguities allow for?

3. Which of the following do Douglas' assumptions not allow for?

4. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?

5. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?

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