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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Douglas' social life depend on?
(a) Emotions.
(b) Linguistics.
(c) Symbolic expressions.
(d) Writing.

2. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Social processes.
(c) Pollution.
(d) Religion.

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

4. Which of the following are a part of primitive views, according to Douglas?
(a) Ethics.
(b) Solely mechanical symbols.
(c) Solely pollution.
(d) Symbols nobody can decipher now.

5. Who separated magic from morals and religion?
(a) Robertson and Durkheim.
(b) Durkheim.
(c) Smith and Frazer.
(d) Douglas and Frazer.

6. Which of the following does not contribute to social control as described by Douglas?
(a) Predictability.
(b) Coercion.
(c) Monetary incentives.
(d) Social awareness.

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

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

9. What are the only types of ideas that Douglas believes should be adopted?
(a) Compatible.
(b) Polluted.
(c) Classified.
(d) Orderly.

10. Which of the following describes Douglas' pre-Copernican classification?
(a) Non-pure.
(b) Non-subjective.
(c) Non-objective.
(d) Non-polluting.

11. Who criticized Frazer for being complacent?
(a) Durkheim.
(b) Robertson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Douglas.

12. Primitive ideas of which item have various symbolic meanings, due to Douglas' claims?
(a) Grass.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Urine.
(d) Vegetables.

13. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?
(a) Higher social control.
(b) A break from technical development.
(c) A love for linguistics.
(d) Equality.

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

15. What does holiness imply, according to Douglas?
(a) Peace.
(b) Hygiene.
(c) Separation.
(d) Unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which item does Douglas require for success?

2. Which of the following is not involved in categorizing?

3. When comparing culture, what does Douglas believe should be analyzed through the nature of historical process?

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

5. Which of the following does not interfere with separation in Douglas' beliefs?

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