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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which type of societies and cultures identified with the Goddess?
(a) Those in the river valleys
(b) Those near the ocean
(c) Those in the mountains
(d) Those with the most power and knowledge

2. How does Campbell describe the slaughter of the buffalo herds by the white man in the nineteenth century?
(a) Profane
(b) Sacrilege
(c) Unheard of
(d) A lie

3. All mythologies indicate that the idea of God is unknowable and is the what?
(a) Ultimate goal
(b) Beyond nature
(c) Ultimate explanation
(d) Ultimate mystery

4. What type of teacher was Campbell that he recounts in Chapter 8?
(a) Psychology
(b) Philosophy
(c) Comparative mythology
(d) Sociology

5. What is the bo tree known as?
(a) Tree of life
(b) Tree of new religion
(c) Tree of immortal knowledge
(d) Tree of wisdom

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Eucharist believed to be in the Christian religion?

2. Meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas leads each individual to _______________________.

3. To what figure from Germanic and Celtic myths did Campbell expose his students?

4. Which of the following cities is an example of the importance of architecture as an expression of spiritual tenets?

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

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