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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. In South India, who can marry?
(a) Eldest daughters.
(b) Elderly men.
(c) Youngest sons.
(d) Eldest sons.
2. What type of collaboration does Douglas believe must be maintained to assure social life is preserved?
(a) Marginal lines collaboration.
(b) Social collaboration.
(c) Polluted collaboration.
(d) Sexual collaboration.
3. In Lele culture, what is killed to challenge the notion of ambiguity?
(a) Octopus.
(b) Flying squirrel.
(c) Bird.
(d) Pangolin.
4. What do the Nuer determine their moral code through?
(a) Punishment laws.
(b) God's words.
(c) Sumerian teachings.
(d) The Old Testament.
5. What ambiguity example is given in Chapter 10?
(a) Flying squirrel.
(b) Cat.
(c) Octopus.
(d) Jelly fish.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which word does Douglas use to describe the highest castes in South India?
2. What do the Lele men compete for?
3. Which of the following describes the Southern Nayar girls?
4. What do primitive cultures and Christianity have in common in Douglas' opinion?
5. What culture is described as considering death as a challenge to the metaphysical system?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the treatment of ambiguities as described in Chapter 10.
2. How is dirt related to madness in the cultures described in the reading?
3. Describe the Coorgs' caste system.
4. Describe Mae Enga culture and beliefs.
5. What is a moral situation? Can we define a moral? Why or why not?
6. Why does Douglas say that social consequences cannot be reversed?
7. Describe the structure of the Lugbara.
8. What are the disadvantages to disorder that Douglas poses?
9. How do internal and external boundaries, described by Douglas, relate to the human body?
10. How do escapism and realism relate to the dirt and primitive cultures that Douglas describes?
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