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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 Western religions pit against each other?
(a) Good and evil.
(b) Man and God.
(c) All of these.
(d) Angels and demons.

2. What must fall away for people to grasp the truth, according to Campbell?
(a) The religious devotions.
(b) The masks of God.
(c) The mythological texts.
(d) The metaphysical covers.

3. What country did Campbell enjoy visiting the most?
(a) Italy.
(b) Iran.
(c) Japan.
(d) Ireland.

4. Who did Campbell say people want to submit to?
(a) Their fathers.
(b) A loving person.
(c) A higher power.
(d) Themselves.

5. What did Campbell say was the first function served by Mythology?
(a) Supporting moral order in society.
(b) Perceiving the mystery of time and space.
(c) Alligning consciousness to the mysteries of the universe.
(d) Carrying individuals through life's crises.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say scholars missed when studying facts?

2. What was ignored when metaphors were taken literally?

3. What did Campbell say metaphors described?

4. What did the yin yang represent?

5. What did Campbell say promoted mathematics in education?

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