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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. Douglas states that which of the following has been excused by dreams?
(a) Food indigestion.
(b) Drug indigestion.
(c) Being unpure.
(d) Eating something polluted.

2. According to Douglas, morality is wrongly assumed to protect who?
(a) Children.
(b) Individuals.
(c) Families.
(d) Tribes.

3. Which of the following transmits disease and has a toxic influence, according to Douglas?
(a) Food.
(b) Aluminum.
(c) Hair.
(d) Flesh.

4. In modern societies, how does Douglas believe that wealth distributed?
(a) Social pollution.
(b) Role specializations.
(c) Market considerations.
(d) Unitiy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following do Douglas' assumptions not allow for?

2. Why do cultures avoid pollution, according to Purity and Danger?

3. What did Durkheim view ritual as symbolic of?

4. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?

5. In African tribes, what is personality said to be influenced by?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Old Testament relate to purity, in Douglas' opinion?

2. What were Robertson's beliefs?

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

4. What is involved in the categorization that Douglas describes?

5. In Douglas' book, what is the difference between holiness and blessing?

6. Describe the role of compatibility for the Israelites.

7. Why is sequentiality vital to the rituals that Douglas describes?

8. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.

9. How does Douglas believe that one can one maintain holiness?

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

(see the answer keys)

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