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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The _______ exists in the conscious; the conscious opens itself to the sub-conscious.
(a) Sub-conscious
(b) Truth
(c) Way
(d) Meaning

2. Who is the goddess from the Hindu goddess-virgin story?
(a) Parvati
(b) Prekesh
(c) Paramona
(d) Privita

3. When a civilization begins to reinterpret its mythology...the ________ goes out of it.
(a) Meaning
(b) Life
(c) Purpose
(d) Intention

4. Whenever the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography...it is ________.
(a) Made powerful
(b) Made more relevant
(c) Weakened
(d) Killed

5. Intellect and language are too ________; symbols and myth are boundless in their capacity.
(a) Large
(b) Limited
(c) Small
(d) Unlimited

Short Answer Questions

1. Symbols are only the ________ of communication.

2. What includes specific references, that Campbell quotes, to the human body becoming one with the parts of the gods?

3. The place of the Hero's ____....is the mid-point or navel of the world.

4. What does Campbell attempt to show relates within mythology?

5. About Mary: "....her womb, remaining fallow as the primordial abyss, summons to itself...the original power that fertilized the _______."

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize "Out of the Void - Space."

2. What are some of the symbols Campbell points out in the Christian sacrament of baptism?

3. Summarize "The Matrix of Destiny."

4. What occurs in "Freedom to Live"?

5. Summarize "The Virgin Birth - Mother Universe."

6. What does Campbell say happens when the poetry of myth is interpreted as biography, history, or science?

7. What is the end of the life in the universe portrayed as in this section?

8. What does Campbell do in "The Keys"?

9. How is the freedom won from the malice of the monster symbolized as?

10. Summarize "Within Space - Life."

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