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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which of the following is not described as being a men-centered religion?
2. Which of the following serves as Douglas' distinction between primitive and modern culture?
3. For Douglas, what does winning require?
4. Which of the following is specifically a result of men-centered religions in Douglas' view?
5. According to Douglas, what rules are humans meant to adhere to?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has anthropology shown the distinction between primitive and modern cultures?
2. What is involved in the categorization that Douglas describes?
3. What are the differences between primitive cultures and modern cultures in regard to the rules Douglas states?
4. Describe purification as it relates to Sumerian civilization.
5. How is schematizing disrupted, according to Douglas?
6. How does Douglas describe the ways in which purity can be achieved?
7. In Douglas' book, what is the difference between holiness and blessing?
8. Describe the rationale for the classification of animals.
9. What does Douglas believe you need to understand to study purity?
10. Which cultures does Douglas describe as avoiding pollution and why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the contradiction in rejecting and accepting death? Is this something that takes place in modern culture? Give one example of such an event.
Essay Topic 2
How do views of death differ from culture to culture? What about from primitive to modern cultures? How is death controlled by some cultures that Douglas describes? How does this differ from the religious view of sex?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the rationale behind classifying animals. If you were to classify animals, would your method be comparable? Why or why not? Why do you think the animals are categorized this way?
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