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

2. What does Douglas state determines whether menstrual blood is dangerous?

3. What does Douglas describe purification allows for avoiding?

4. What pollution does the Bushong king practice as a part of sacrifice?

5. What does the Oyo Yoruba tribe distinguish between?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the Nuer beliefs and actions.

2. What are the disadvantages to disorder that Douglas poses?

3. Describe Bemba culture and beliefs.

4. Describe Walbiri culture and beliefs.

5. How do Vann Gennep's conclusions relate to the Maoris people?

6. How is food preparation related to pollution?

7. Describe the four types of pollutions that Douglas introduces.

8. How is infidelity handled in a Nuer society?

9. Describe the Israeli rejection of dirt. How is it destructive and creative at the same time, in Douglas' view?

10. Describe the enforcements of harmony that Douglas introduces.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze hygiene and how it compares to rituals as described in the reading. What is the significance of ritual in hygiene? Can you be hygienic without ritual? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What do you need to study to understand purity, according to Douglas? What is purity? What is contagion? What is pollution? How are these concepts related?

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