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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Experience of Religious Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Campbell doing when he declared something a lie?
(a) Teaching a class.
(b) Talking with an expert.
(c) Doing an interview.
(d) Writing a book.

2. What did Campbell say people cannot view at a glance?
(a) Their existence.
(b) Their wills.
(c) Their past.
(d) Their future.

3. Who saw religion as a protection from experience?
(a) Confuscious.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Jung.
(d) Mohamed.

4. What did Campbell say was the fourth function served by Mythology?
(a) Alligning consciousness to the mysteries of the universe.
(b) Carrying individuals through life's crises.
(c) Supporting moral order in society.
(d) Perceiving the mystery of time and space.

5. What did Western religions pit against each other?
(a) All of these.
(b) Angels and demons.
(c) Good and evil.
(d) Man and God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did half of the people in religion say was truth?

2. What did Campbell say was the first function served by Mythology?

3. How many functions did Campbell say Mythology served?

4. What was ignored when metaphors were taken literally?

5. What did Campbell say metaphors described?

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