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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Campbell say myths were products of?
(a) Desire.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Dreams.
(d) History.

2. What kind of victims were always found in Hebrew scriptures?
(a) Monarchal.
(b) Heroic.
(c) Matriarchal.
(d) Patriarchal.

3. How did Campbell describe meditation?
(a) Transcending.
(b) Inspirational.
(c) Discursive.
(d) All of these.

4. What kind of religion was seen as a protection from experience?
(a) Formal.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Ritualistic.
(d) Christian.

5. What did Campbell say was an underlying definition of Mythology?
(a) Past references.
(b) An explanation of mysteries.
(c) The root of actual knowledge.
(d) Other people's religion.

6. What did Campbell say Mythology was supposed to awaken?
(a) Minds.
(b) History.
(c) Creativity.
(d) Awe.

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

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

9. What did Campbell say about the two neighboring lands of the country talked about in Chapter 2?
(a) The religious background was amazing.
(b) The peace was caused by belief in mythology.
(c) The conflicts were all started over legends.
(d) The beliefs were radically different.

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

11. How did Campbell say religious metaphors should be understood?
(a) By connotation.
(b) By denotation.
(c) Through interpretation.
(d) Through meditation.

12. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?
(a) Judgment.
(b) Estrangement.
(c) Alienation.
(d) All of these.

13. What did Campbell say should not be comfortable in church?
(a) Seats.
(b) Feelings.
(c) Consciences.
(d) Desires.

14. Who spoke of hearing things that could not be told?
(a) Campbell.
(b) Jung.
(c) Peter.
(d) Paul.

15. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say was the definition of God?

2. What about the world did Navajos often meditate over?

3. What country did Campbell talk about at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. How did Campbell describe dreams?

5. Who saw religion as a protection from experience?

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