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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jung say man's imagination should be?

2. What did Campbell say people cannot view at a glance?

3. What must fall away for people to grasp the truth, according to Campbell?

4. What did old images have to be freed of to impart truth, according to Campbell?

5. What in the desert did Navajos attach mythological meaning to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Campbell say was the first function of metaphor?

2. What did Campbell say metaphors truly described?

3. What did Shive personify?

4. How did Campbell say gurus were attracting Western youth?

5. When did Campbell start talking about his ideas of myth being a lie?

6. What did Campbell say was the third function of metaphor?

7. What did Campbell say allowed radiance in life?

8. What about men did Western religions think needed purification?

9. What did Campbell say caused the fall of the Medieval society?

10. What did Campbell say Westerners were yearning for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does mythology play in the medieval society, and where does it appear? How was the culture altered by the presence of this mythology?

Essay Topic 2

How did medieval writers differ from modern writers, and what impact does this have on the two styles of literature?

Essay Topic 3

How did Campbell say technology was changing the religious landscape at this time in history?

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