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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, The Gift of the Goddess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many signs of the zodiac are incorporated into Assyrian temples?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

2. Which of the following historical developments does Campbell trace in Chapter 6?
(a) Goddess in mythology
(b) Western religions
(c) Societies and cultures
(d) Lack of male role models

3. Which of the following was not a major river which played an important part in the development of societies and cultures?
(a) Ganges
(b) Amazon
(c) Indus
(d) Nile

4. Which of the following is the best definition for the term "sanctify" as used in the following sentence: "They sanctify their own local landscape."
(a) Desecrate
(b) Defile
(c) Destroy
(d) Bless

5. In medieval times, what does Campbell indicate the clergy did to ordinary people?
(a) Surprised
(b) Preached
(c) Controlled
(d) Listened

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Campbell indicate is identified as the natural choice for supreme being?

2. Which of the following is not one of the more sophisticated concepts of God?

3. What changed about God in the Judeo-Christian group of cultures from preceding societies?

4. Which of the following religions is the only one to portray the serpent as seducer?

5. All mythologies indicate that the idea of God is unknowable and is the what?

(see the answer key)

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