Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does order reject, according to Chapter 2?
(a) Aid.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Purity.
(d) Patterns.

2. What do Greek studies of purity and impurity involve?
(a) Lack of pollution or purity.
(b) Jewish concepts.
(c) Classical dramatists.
(d) Theology.

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

4. Which item does Douglas require for success?
(a) Patterns.
(b) Incompatibility.
(c) Wholeheartedness.
(d) Blessings.

5. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?
(a) It eliminates harmony.
(b) It creates danger.
(c) I creates disorder.
(d) It harms children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following relationships is unclear to Douglas?

2. In which type of world view does Douglas believe the world is seen as subjective and personal?

3. Which of the following do days signify to Douglas?

4. According to Chapter 1, what do contemporary practices divide?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Which cultures does Douglas describe as avoiding pollution and why?

2. What were Durkheim's beliefs?

3. How does Douglas describe fortune as it is related to cosmic alliances in different cultures?

4. What is isolation's role in health concerns?

5. What does Douglas describe as being the factors that rituals require?

6. What were Frazer's beliefs?

7. Describe the role of compatibility for the Israelites.

8. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.

9. How does Douglas describe the ways in which purity can be achieved?

10. What are the differences between primitive cultures and modern cultures in regard to the rules Douglas states?

(see the answer keys)

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