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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What seems to be a commonality among all cultures in relation to God according to Campbell?
(a) Stories about God to pass down
(b) Reliance on God to set rules
(c) Introduction of similarities to other Gods
(d) Identification and union with God

2. What does Campbell say that the fate of evildoers teaches society?
(a) How to behave morally
(b) The punishments possible in society
(c) Improve role models standing in society
(d) Dire consequences of not being a moral person

3. How does Campbell indicate that role models for society are created?
(a) Heroes overcoming challenges
(b) Surviving the evildoers
(c) The writings from the Gods
(d) Following the rules of the heros

4. What types of figures which dated back to the Neolithic period were found in Europe?
(a) Goddess
(b) Christ
(c) Gods
(d) Virgin Mary

5. What comes from the release of fears and sorrows of the world?
(a) Death
(b) Rebirth
(c) Life
(d) Nirvana

6. Which of the following is immortal and voluntarily participates in the sorrows of the world?
(a) Jesus Christ
(b) Tibetan Buddhist Monks
(c) Nirvana
(d) Bodhisattva

7. What did Campbell indicate that mythologies evolved from after Hunter-Gatherer?
(a) Tools
(b) Farming
(c) Metal working
(d) Gatherer

8. The subject of Chapter 5 is in which of the following forms?
(a) Dream
(b) Myth
(c) Superhero
(d) Suprise

9. To what country's myth does Campbell compare the clown figure?
(a) Nigeria
(b) England
(c) Ireland
(d) India

10. Which of the following is true about sexual desire according to Campbell?
(a) Necessary
(b) Impersonal
(c) Required
(d) Unnecessary

11. The psychology of love does not affect which of the following in regard to knights?
(a) Tools to be used in tournaments or duels
(b) Rules of engagement in duels
(c) Rules of engagement in tournaments
(d) Code of chivalry

12. Whose legend does Campbell recall which is in a similar vein to Sir Gawain's legend?
(a) Buddha
(b) Iroquois legend
(c) Crucifixion
(d) Yahweh

13. What is God in the Oriental culture?
(a) Keeper of the universe
(b) Creator of the universe
(c) Survivor of the universe
(d) Manifestation of the universe

14. The Semitic and Indo-European invaders were mainly what?
(a) Gatherers
(b) Hunters and nomads
(c) Stationary hunters
(d) Farmers

15. Which of the following is a Greek legend from which Campbell quotes?
(a) Don Quizote
(b) Celtics
(c) Buddha
(d) Odysseus

Short Answer Questions

1. An indication of how Western culture might have evolved had Hebrew mythology not survived can be seen in ___________________________.

2. What does the Church of the Middle Ages indicate that marriages are not?

3. With what is the Goddess identified?

4. Who crushed the Albigensians?

5. What about life is universally recognized according to Campbell?

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