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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, The Inward Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In primitive societies, gods were often associated with ___________________.
(a) seasons
(b) life and death situations
(c) unexplained events
(d) actual objects

2. Whose myths fascinated Campbell as he was growing up?
(a) Aztec
(b) American Indians
(c) Japanese
(d) Chinese

3. Which of the following cannot be divorced from a specific culture and environment from the time it occurs?
(a) Religion
(b) Mythology
(c) Writing of a historical nature
(d) Rituals

4. In the Buddhist and Upanishad traditions, God assumes what gender?
(a) Neither female or male, but is both
(b) None
(c) Female
(d) Male

5. What is an important component in the development of mythology?
(a) Interaction of an individual with society
(b) Study of other culture's myths
(c) Birth manifestation and rituals
(d) Societal expectations

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why are contemporary rituals carried out?

3. What can be said to reappear over and over throughout various mythologies?

4. How many creation myths does Campbell share from the Bible?

5. When the Jews were in Babylon their God was ____________.

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