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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must humans do to create new symbols in life?
(a) Study the past.
(b) All of these.
(c) Look within themselves.
(d) Anticipate the future.

2. What was the intermediate institution for Christians?
(a) A ritual.
(b) A feast.
(c) A covenant.
(d) A mystical union with God.

3. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?
(a) The leaders died.
(b) The ideas were proved wrong.
(c) The beliefs were questioned.
(d) The young generation was proud.

4. What were some clergy unable to interpret?
(a) Analogies.
(b) Language.
(c) Codes.
(d) Symbols.

5. How were gurus attracting young Westerners?
(a) Preaching the glorious details of nature.
(b) Allowing them to feel part of something.
(c) Telling them secrets lied within.
(d) All of these.

6. What did old images have to be freed of to impart truth, according to Campbell?
(a) Past usage.
(b) Literal definitions.
(c) Grammar.
(d) Facts.

7. What did Campbell say formed the mystery of the Orient?
(a) Lost scripture.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Oxymoron.
(d) Maps and legends.

8. What did James Joyce call terror?
(a) A path to the truth.
(b) A static experience of the sublime.
(c) A doorway to understanding.
(d) A test of the believers.

9. What kind of experiences did Campbell say led to rapture?
(a) Happy.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Exhorbitant.
(d) Occupational.

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

11. What did Campbell say allowed participation with the infinite?
(a) Journaling.
(b) Metaphors.
(c) History.
(d) Prayer.

12. What ceased the power of what Campbell said connected people to the infinite?
(a) Scientific discoveries.
(b) Literary figures.
(c) Changes in time.
(d) Historical events.

13. How did Campbell describe dreams?
(a) All of these.
(b) Transcending.
(c) Universal.
(d) Personal.

14. Who did Campbell say concentrated on the denotative meaning of metaphors?
(a) Children.
(b) Priests.
(c) Scholars.
(d) Theologans.

15. What was the intermediate institution for Jews?
(a) A mystical union with God.
(b) A synagogue.
(c) A feast.
(d) A covenant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Campbell enjoy visiting the most?

2. Who was enthroned between Isis and Hermes in a painting?

3. Who did Campbell say concentrated on the concrete meaning of metaphors?

4. What did Campbell say made narratives complex?

5. What did Campbell compare metaphors to?

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