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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. In which culture does the deity include both male and female entities?

2. What influence does Campbell indicate leads to the reemergence of the female figure in the Christian religion?

3. When does Jesus go into the the desert?

4. Whose legend does Campbell recall which is in a similar vein to Sir Gawain's legend?

5. Which of the following rivers are considered in the Near East?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was different about the Semitic and Indo-European invaders and those that they invaded?

2. What do the myths of the Iroquois beautiful maid and her many suitors, as well as the English tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tell?

3. What is the basis for measuring and recording time?

4. Why could it be said that the suppression of the goddess myths was not complete in the Christian tradition?

5. From where does the name of the Ganges River come?

6. In relation to the Neolithic figures that have been unearthed, what issue does Campbell not address?

7. Who described an expression of metaphysical idea that life is part of one great dream of a single dreamer?

8. Where does the author indicate variations in generalized hero legends can be found?

9. What is the mandala in the Buddhist tradition?

10. What image does Campbell evoke to illustrate what he is trying to convey when he discusses the concept of eternity?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the role of shaman in society. How is this different from that of a priest or other religious figure? How is it the same?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the form of the hero quest. Does it have to include both spiritual and physical deeds? Is it the same in every mythology?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the importance of the Goddess in mythology. How did the Goddess change throughout time? Is the idea of the Goddess still present in modern religions? In what way?

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