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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do ambiguities allow for?
(a) Different interpretations.
(b) Purities.
(c) Pollutions.
(d) Different emotions.

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

4. Who separated magic from morals and religion?
(a) Douglas and Frazer.
(b) Robertson and Durkheim.
(c) Smith and Frazer.
(d) Durkheim.

5. According to Durkheim, the rules of separation are features of what?
(a) The faith.
(b) The sacred.
(c) The pollution.
(d) The purity.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is medical materialism based on?

2. Which of the following is not involved in categorizing?

3. According to Chapter 1, what do contemporary practices divide?

4. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?

5. What does Douglas say primitive cultures represent more than modern cultures?

(see the answer key)

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