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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For the Maoris, what does menstrual blood represent?
(a) Sin.
(b) Faith.
(c) Death.
(d) Life.

2. What does the Oyo Yoruba tribe distinguish between?
(a) Hands and feet.
(b) Left and right hand.
(c) Left and right eye.
(d) Dirt and cleanliness.

3. What does Douglas say primitive cultures represent more than modern cultures?
(a) Rituals and rites.
(b) Pattern rules.
(c) Purity.
(d) Fragmented rules.

4. What does Douglas describe purification allows for avoiding?
(a) Social consequences.
(b) God's wrath.
(c) Retribution.
(d) Economic downfall.

5. Who determines what pollution is and how it enters in the caste society Douglas describes?
(a) Clergy members.
(b) The highest caste.
(c) The lowest caste.
(d) Literature.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the classification of animals come from?

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

3. Douglas believes that primitive cultures experience less of which of the following?

4. What does Douglas claim miracle and magic are expected to bring?

5. Which type of myths incorporated undifferentiated conditions that provided a unified view of the world, stated by Douglas?

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