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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rather than a means to an end, Campbell said that religion's role is more likely this?
(a) Defense
(b) Obstruction
(c) Organization
(d) Surprise

2. Who wrote "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero?"
(a) Campbell
(b) Tibetan Buddhist monks
(c) Otto Rank
(d) Dalai Lama

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

4. From what geographical area is the myth of the princely hunter?
(a) Roman
(b) Greek
(c) Tibetan
(d) Celtic

5. How is the sunrise depicted by the Goddess Nut in Egypt?
(a) Swallowing it in the west
(b) Combining it with th emoon
(c) Giving birth to it in the east
(d) Taking it to the mother earth for renewal

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is true about sexual desire according to Campbell?

2. Which of the following rivers are considered in the Near East?

3. Which invaders conquered the established societies in the Fourth Millennium B.C.?

4. What comes from the release of fears and sorrows of the world?

5. What image is depicted of the Goddess Nut from Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

1. What image does Campbell evoke to illustrate what he is trying to convey when he discusses the concept of eternity?

2. What is the theme of Chapter 7?

3. Instead of the Crucifixion, what does the Oriental tradition describe in relation to Bodhisattva?

4. What is a universal desire, according to Campbell?

5. What was different about the Semitic and Indo-European invaders and those that they invaded?

6. In what major religious icons can common elements be found?

7. By the middle ages, to what were the preponderance of Cathedrals dedicated?

8. What are liturgies?

9. What does the description of evildoers and their fate teach the members of a society?

10. How does the hero in a myth become a hero?

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