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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Douglas, the absence of what pertains to the lack of system?
(a) Filth.
(b) Purity.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Order.

2. What does Douglas believe has been assumed to be based on false beliefs in magic?
(a) Comparative religion.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Purity.
(d) Ethics.

3. What is medical materialism based on?
(a) Practical health routines.
(b) Philosophical beliefs.
(c) Sumerian beliefs.
(d) Sanitary conditions.

4. For Douglas, what does winning require?
(a) Purity.
(b) Pollution.
(c) Rationale.
(d) Separation.

5. What does Genesis provide in relation to animals?
(a) Food.
(b) Hygiene.
(c) Environment.
(d) Pollutants.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What, according to Douglas, is used as a separation to avoid disease?

4. What does Douglas describe as morality's intent to ensure?

5. Which of the following does Douglas describe primitive cultures as using?

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