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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Campbell say men created myths?
(a) To pass on history.
(b) All of these.
(c) To preach truth.
(d) To remember stories.

2. What did Jung say was the most important religious document?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Roman Catholic Dogma of the Assumption.
(c) The Appocrypha.
(d) The Dedication of the Shroud of Turin.

3. What occupation did Moses serve when he found the burning bush?
(a) Shepherd.
(b) Well digger.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Architect.

4. What did Campbell say needed to stop being fragmented?
(a) Dead languages.
(b) Religious symbols.
(c) All of these.
(d) World mythology.

5. How did Campbell respond in question and answer situations?
(a) He got easily annoyed.
(b) He was bored.
(c) He answered too intricately.
(d) He was eager to answer them all.

6. What movie was discussed in the Appendix?
(a) Close Encounters of a Third Kind.
(b) The Planet of the Apes.
(c) Space Explorers.
(d) ET.

7. Who was Jesus teaching when he was missing from his parents?
(a) Beggars.
(b) Priests.
(c) Children.
(d) Wise men.

8. Who taught of a God of Light?
(a) Zomnipall.
(b) Zodiac.
(c) Zeuss.
(d) Zoroaster.

9. What kind of book was Chronicles?
(a) Narrative.
(b) Theological.
(c) Historical.
(d) Legendary.

10. What does the Tristan say cannot be separated?
(a) Darkness and light.
(b) Suffering and bliss.
(c) Man and God.
(d) Good and evil.

11. What did the Sumarian God need when he created man?
(a) A friend.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A child.
(d) A pet.

12. What age did Campbell say would challenge literal interpretations?
(a) The Dark Ages.
(b) The Space Age.
(c) The Modern Age.
(d) The Industrial Age.

13. Who first had the idea of a Messiah to bring the end of times?
(a) Persians.
(b) Jews.
(c) Hinduisms.
(d) Buddhists.

14. What was the solar mystery?
(a) There is no end to creation.
(b) The afterlife is in the Earth.
(c) Nobody dies or is born.
(d) The sun is static and immobile.

15. What horrible thing did King Kansa order?
(a) Infanticide.
(b) A holocaust.
(c) A mass murder of priests.
(d) Rape of women.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of book was Kings?

2. What did the Devil tempt Christ with?

3. Why did educated men misread ancient texts?

4. What was the first country to establish a Goddess cult?

5. Why was Krishna sent across the river?

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