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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 6, what is considered to be both part of authority and other social structures?
(a) Sorcery.
(b) Christianity.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Purity.

2. What does Douglas describe rituals as requiring?
(a) Beliefs.
(b) Emotions.
(c) Blessings.
(d) Sequentiality.

3. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?
(a) Lack of pollution or purity.
(b) Classical dramatists.
(c) Theology.
(d) Jewish concepts.

4. Which type of myths incorporated undifferentiated conditions that provided a unified view of the world, stated by Douglas?
(a) Greek.
(b) Sumerian.
(c) Indian.
(d) Roman.

5. Which of the following is an example of Douglas' social control?
(a) Television.
(b) Cars.
(c) Books.
(d) Passport.

Short Answer Questions

1. As excrements pass the boundary of the body, what do they present to the cultures Douglas describes?

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

3. What does Douglas' social life depend on?

4. Which of the following is not a social control that Douglas lists?

5. In some tribes, what are examples of formlessness?

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