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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. What did men cling to during the Passover?

2. What movie was discussed in the Appendix?

3. What historical event happened at Qumran?

4. What was Mithra born from?

5. Why were there ancient drawings of Jesus with an animal head?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who did the Mayans worship with a cross?

2. What did Campbell say was the second law of life?

3. What is Kundalini?

4. What was important about Chartres?

5. Where did Campbell say many of our modern Easter symbols came from?

6. Why did Campbell say humans began creating myths?

7. What does the painting, the Second Coming, depict?

8. What is the Sumerian story of the creation?

9. What did Campbell think the Space Age did to religious ideals?

10. What did Jung call the most significant religious document, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different religions that have a cross as a significant symbol, and how did Campbell say this affected his feelings and thoughts on religion?

Essay Topic 2

What is literalism, and how did this concept affect the progression of religious ideas?

Essay Topic 3

How were science and religion connected in medieval times, and how does this differ from our current society?

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