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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, The Hero's Adventure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Campbell and Moyers say people visit the Holy Land?
(a) Sacred place
(b) Societal norms
(c) Historical significance
(d) Weather

2. Who were the first storytellers?
(a) Gatherers
(b) Hunters
(c) Farmers
(d) Hunter-gatherers

3. What changed about God in the Judeo-Christian group of cultures from preceding societies?
(a) From a passive to a vengeful god
(b) Gender from female to male
(c) Role
(d) Gender from male to female

4. Which of the following is the best synonym for motif as used in the following sentence: "The motifs of creation and death occurred in both Catholic and American Indian myths."
(a) Pattern
(b) Logo
(c) Design
(d) Theme

5. Which of the following could be considered a vestige of an earlier Hunter-Gatherer myth?
(a) The Motif of a male inseminating mother earth
(b) The Polynesian legend of the origin of the coconut tree
(c) The Lamb of God who washes away the sins of the world
(d) The origin of maize from the Algonquin Indians

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Pawnee legend, how does Tirawa tell man he will show himself?

2. Whose legend does Campbell recall which is in a similar vein to Sir Gawain's legend?

3. How can a myth or ritual be preserved to the changing environment or social conditions of the culture?

4. How many signs of the zodiac are incorporated into Assyrian temples?

5. Modern churches are built like what according to Campbell?

(see the answer key)

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