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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. What is the focus of Chapter 2?
(a) Marriage
(b) Interaction of individuals
(c) Birth's role in mythology
(d) Origin of myths and mythic images

2. What region has symbols of the bull and boar representing male power?
(a) Mediterranean
(b) African
(c) Asian
(d) European

3. What does Campbell say that he finds is an ideal place for meditation?
(a) Cologne
(b) Chartres
(c) Canterbury
(d) Milan

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

5. Which of the following can be said that occurs in the stories of Jesus Christ, Buddha and Moses?
(a) Common elements
(b) Exact same story, different geographical areas
(c) Similar features
(d) No commonalities

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero?"

3. To what does Campbell compare the caves with cave drawings?

4. In the Buddhist and Upanishad traditions, God assumes what gender?

5. What do all of the hunting rituals have in common?

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