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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Vann Gennep associate danger with?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Faith.
(c) Transition.
(d) Menstrual blood.

2. Who/what does Douglas state recognizes death as inevitable as part of cosmic purpose?
(a) Americans.
(b) Oyo Yoruba.
(c) Nyakusa.
(d) Religion.

3. Why are moral situations difficult for Douglas to define?
(a) They don't allow everybody to be a moral person.
(b) They are not specific enough.
(c) They are too specific.
(d) They are contradictory and uncertain.

4. To create order, what does Douglas believe one must acknowledge?
(a) Disorder.
(b) Composure.
(c) Tidiness.
(d) Faith.

5. What do primitive cultures and Christianity have in common in Douglas' opinion?
(a) Pollution.
(b) Sexuality.
(c) Virginity.
(d) Virility.

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

7. What are Douglas' rules of pollution concerned with?
(a) Morals.
(b) Opinions.
(c) Strategy.
(d) Facts.

8. 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.

9. What does Douglas say happens if sexual roles are directly enforced?
(a) Sex is polluted.
(b) Sex is illegal.
(c) Sex is legal in cases of incest and adultery.
(d) Sex is pollution-free.

10. Where are the Walbiri from?
(a) Britain.
(b) Australia.
(c) America.
(d) Egypt.

11. In the Hebrew religion, what could only be touched through sacrifice?
(a) Pork.
(b) Blood.
(c) Water.
(d) Beef.

12. Why do men and women avoid sex in Lele culture before important events?
(a) It is too pure.
(b) It is pollution.
(c) It is illegal.
(d) They do not understand the repercussions.

13. What example is given to describe why a sorcerer would move animals to the human sphere?
(a) To consume them in hard times.
(b) To exploit them for evil powers.
(c) To anger God.
(d) To sacrifice the animal's blood.

14. What can be changed through the margins Douglas describes?
(a) Conflicts.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Shapes.
(d) Pollution.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Orthodox Brahmins marry off their daughters?

2. What can be derived from the ritual frame that Douglas describes?

3. Which of the following is one of Douglas' marginal states?

4. What types of nationalities are deemed to represent power and invite discrimination, according to Douglas?

5. What type of collaboration does Douglas believe must be maintained to assure social life is preserved?

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