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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Douglas believe that laws and rules involving food and eating were made to deal with?
(a) Pollution and defilement.
(b) Disgust and hatred.
(c) Purity and theft.
(d) Pollution and symbolism.

3. What do the Dinka people do to perform a sacrifice in the reading?
(a) Performing a medical procedure.
(b) Cutting victims.
(c) Killing animals.
(d) Hanging prisoners.

4. In Douglas' view, what does a lack of blessing create?
(a) Anger.
(b) Unity.
(c) Separation.
(d) Confusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Which act does Douglas claim led to the recovery of an entire village?

5. According to the reading's example, what act can be purified through sacrifice?

(see the answer key)

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