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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the allegiance established through marriage determine in Purity and Danger?
(a) Purification.
(b) Political structure.
(c) Sexual collaboration.
(d) Sacrifices necesary to reclaim purity.

2. What does Douglas describe as morality's intent to ensure?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Faith.
(d) Separation.

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

4. Douglas states that which group of people regard external forms as empty?
(a) Sumerians.
(b) Romans.
(c) Christians.
(d) Americans.

5. In some tribes, what are examples of formlessness?
(a) Children under the age of 5.
(b) Elderly members above the age of 65.
(c) Women.
(d) Unborn babies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Douglas describe rituals as requiring?

2. What example of a people is given to demonstration insulation from wrong practices, according to Douglas?

3. Why do men and women avoid sex in Lele culture before important events?

4. What type of consequences does Douglas state cannot be reversed?

5. What does Douglas state determines whether menstrual blood is dangerous?

(see the answer key)

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