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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following does Douglas believe can disrupt schematizing?
(a) Anomalies.
(b) Order.
(c) Patterns.
(d) Purity.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

2. According to Frazer, what did magic lead to?

3. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?

4. Douglas believes that if you maintain holiness, what will you be safe from?

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

(see the answer key)

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