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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Mithra born from?
(a) A cloud.
(b) The ocean.
(c) The earth.
(d) The moon.

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

4. Whose life line is similar to Buddha's?
(a) Shinto's.
(b) Jesus's.
(c) Paul's.
(d) Mohammed's.

5. What kind of Medieval man was hesitant to trust Mother Nature?
(a) Christians.
(b) Desert nomads.
(c) Pagans.
(d) Romans.

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

7. What did Campbell say diverse traditions expressed?
(a) A source of salvation.
(b) A single experience.
(c) A higher power.
(d) A new inspiration.

8. What kind of religion is Christianity considered?
(a) A Historical Religion.
(b) An Ethnic Religion.
(c) A Literal Religion.
(d) A World Religion.

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

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

11. What marks Christianity as a true religion?
(a) It has a following.
(b) It has a canon of scripture.
(c) It has historical evidence.
(d) It has a creed.

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

13. How long did Jesus fast in the desert?
(a) 50 days.
(b) 20 days.
(c) 30 days.
(d) 40 days.

14. Who was in the burning bush?
(a) Abraham.
(b) Jesus.
(c) God.
(d) Osiris.

15. Which of these showed the commonality in human beliefs?
(a) Reincarnation.
(b) Reinforced symbology.
(c) Remythologization.
(d) Recantered mythology.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Campbell say mythology is no longer meaningful in most cases?

2. How many creation stories are in Genesis?

3. What kind of creator was common in Indian mythology?

4. What did Medieval festivals often correlate with?

5. What myth did the story of Jacob and Esau follow?

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