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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Experience of Religious Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Campbell say almost all religions have in common?
(a) There is a way to repent.
(b) God and Earth are differentiated.
(c) God is a punishing deity.
(d) There are scriptural records.

2. What did Campbell say metaphors described?
(a) The outer world.
(b) The mind.
(c) The soul.
(d) The visions of the past.

3. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) Europe.
(c) Rome.
(d) Asia.

4. What did 'tat tvam asi' mean?
(a) Love is here.
(b) That is you.
(c) God will rule.
(d) This will pass.

5. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?
(a) All of these.
(b) Estrangement.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Judgment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Campbell doing when he declared something a lie?

2. What did Campbell say the Bible was a depiction of?

3. Who saw religion as a protection from experience?

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

5. What did half of the people in religion say was truth?

(see the answer key)

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