Free The Power of Myth Quiz

1)

To what does Campbell compare the caves with cave drawings? (from Chapter III, The First StoryTellers)

Primitive oral stories

Historical records

Famous paintings by the great artists

Cathedrals

2)

What is God in the Oriental culture? (from Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity)

Survivor of the universe

Manifestation of the universe

Creator of the universe

Keeper of the universe

3)

What kind of powers did plains dwellers attribute to animals and plants? (from Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss)

Spiritual powers

Supernatural powers

Healing powers

Personified powers

4)

To what does Campbell compare a cathedral? (from Chapter III, The First StoryTellers)

Infant

Soul

Animal

Womb

5)

What does Campbell state about sacred places? (from Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss)

There are only a few still in existence.

The current society does not value them.

They do not exist.

People visit them enough.

6)

The subject of Chapter 5 is in which of the following forms? (from Chapter V, The Hero's Adventure)

Dream

Myth

Suprise

Superhero

7)

On what does Campbell indicate that man's view of God depends? (from Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity)

Own beliefs

Societal norms

Parent beliefs

Encompassing culture

8)

In which of the following religions is mankind identified as being included and participating with the deity? (from Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity)

Christianity

Judaism

Hindu

Upanishad

9)

What is the Eucharist believed to be in the Christian religion? (from Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss)

Water to wine

Blood of Christ

Religious food

Body of Christ

10)

Where was it especially common to find early societies assigning special powers to plants and animals? (from Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss)

On plateaus or plains

Near rivers or streams

High places such as mountains

Low lands

11)

When, approximately, did the suppression of the Goddess religions come about? (from Chapter VI, The Gift of the Goddess)

Third Millenium BC

Seventh Millennium BC

Fifth Millennium BC

Fourth Millennium BC

12)

Which of the following went into solitude and emerged to sit beneath a bo tree? (from Chapter V, The Hero's Adventure)

Buddha

Moses

Jesus Christ

Dalai Lama

13)

With what do the invaders replace the temple to the Sun? (from Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss)

Temple to the Moon

Catholic Cathedral

Nothing, they left the temples intact

Statue of Christ

14)

Who crushed the Albigensians? (from Chapter VII, Tales of Love and Marriage)

Pope Innocent III

The Church of the Middle Ages

The Ango Saxons

Pope John Paul

15)

What does Black Elk see in his vision? (from Chapter III, The First StoryTellers)

The birth of a great Sioux leader

The annihilation of the buffalo

Peace between the Sioux and the white man

Tragic fate for his people

16)

What two symbols are combined in a powerful union through the Goddess Nut? (from Chapter VI, The Gift of the Goddess)

Heavenly body and mother earth

Mother earth and the goddess

Sunrise and sunset

Moon and sun

17)

Campbell indicates the troubadours and their ideas about love were associated with which movement? (from Chapter VII, Tales of Love and Marriage)

Albigensian

Minnesingers

Anglo Saxon

Arthyruian

18)

Who has never uttered a word of recrimination or complaint toward their persecutors in the Chinese government? (from Chapter V, The Hero's Adventure)

Moses

Jesus Christ

Dalai Lama

Buddhist monks

19)

To what figure from Germanic and Celtic myths did Campbell expose his students? (from Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity)

Father figures

Clown figures

Mother figures

Archetypical figures

20)

All of the great religions advocate what in some form with the deity? (from Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity)

Identification

Union

Naming

Acceptance

21)

Which of the following could be considered a vestige of an earlier Hunter-Gatherer myth? (from Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss)

The Motif of a male inseminating mother earth

The origin of maize from the Algonquin Indians

The Polynesian legend of the origin of the coconut tree

The Lamb of God who washes away the sins of the world

22)

What region has symbols of the bull and boar representing male power? (from Chapter VI, The Gift of the Goddess)

Mediterranean

Asian

African

European

23)

From what geographical area is the myth of the princely hunter? (from Chapter V, The Hero's Adventure)

Tibetan

Roman

Celtic

Greek

24)

Which type of societies and cultures identified with the Goddess? (from Chapter VI, The Gift of the Goddess)

Those near the ocean

Those in the mountains

Those in the river valleys

Those with the most power and knowledge

25)

What types of media did the first storytellers use to create art? (from Chapter III, The First StoryTellers)

Rock

Hair

Wood

Tools

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