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The Power of Myth Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

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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. How have myths helped Campbell view his body?
(a) The reality of life and death
(b) Understanding about life and death
(c) As an invisible plane
(d) As a vehicle of consciousness

2. What is the end of the inward journey?
(a) God can look inside of us to see our ideals.
(b) To find God in the subconscious is part of all religions.
(c) God is in each of us.
(d) God is not inside us, but rather an outsider.

3. What types of media did the first storytellers use to create art?
(a) Rock
(b) Hair
(c) Tools
(d) Wood

4. What does Campbell say that he finds is an ideal place for meditation?
(a) Canterbury
(b) Milan
(c) Chartres
(d) Cologne

5. In which of the following rituals is land orientation important to the Sioux?
(a) Planting
(b) Wedding ceremony
(c) Pipe smoking ceremony
(d) Church building

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the symbols used in Assyrian temples become in the New Testament?

2. What do Campbell and Moyers indicate has lost its force and become a mere remnant of the original in regard to marriage?

3. Meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas leads each individual to _______________________.

4. On what topic does Campbell open the discussion in Chapter 3?

5. What does Black Elk see in his vision?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the rituals concerned with after the society has shifted from hunters to farmers?

2. In what way are the Assyrian temples similar to the Christian church?

3. What happens to myths over time?

4. What do the accounts of legends highlight from early times?

5. What do the Navaho hogans include?

6. What does the architecture of a city express?

7. How did primitive societies associate gods?

8. What is Campbell's and Moyers' stance on the subject of ritual of marriage?

9. How does Campbell describe his upbringing?

10. Why are contemporary rituals carried out?

(see the answer keys)

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