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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Nyakusa associate dirt with?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Madness.
(c) Food.
(d) Sex.

2. In Bemba culture, what can cause death?
(a) Boundaries.
(b) Fire.
(c) Lying to an elder.
(d) Sex.

3. According to Douglas, rituals help to focus through what?
(a) Language.
(b) Framing.
(c) Religion.
(d) Emotions.

4. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?
(a) Practices.
(b) Religion.
(c) Linguistics.
(d) Blessings.

5. What do rituals of purification incorporate, as described by Douglas?
(a) Murder.
(b) Annulment.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Knowledge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only thing that can control danger, according to Douglas?

2. According to Malinowski, where do rituals derive from?

3. How do the Lele distinguish between pollution and purity?

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

5. Which of these is not a pollution that Douglas distinguishes?

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