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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter V, The Hero's Adventure.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Campbell, what is the function of a mythology?
(a) To punish those that deviate from society's norms
(b) To educate the young and give them a means to cope with life
(c) To provide a similar base for all parties upon which to live
(d) To record history

2. To what does Campbell compare the caves with cave drawings?
(a) Primitive oral stories
(b) Cathedrals
(c) Famous paintings by the great artists
(d) Historical records

3. What does Campbell call the cave paintings?
(a) Spiritual Life
(b) Awakenings
(c) Landscapes of the soul
(d) Cultural transitions

4. With what do the invaders replace the temple to the Sun?
(a) Statue of Christ
(b) Nothing, they left the temples intact
(c) Catholic Cathedral
(d) Temple to the Moon

5. What does the birth of an individual become transformed into in myths and legends?
(a) Renewal and spiritual healing
(b) Life and death
(c) Creation of mankind
(d) Birth of God

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Campbell say that architecture forms in Western Society?

2. Why do Campbell and Moyers say people visit the Holy Land?

3. Western society studied the mythology of which of the following other cultures as part of its heritage?

4. Where was it especially common to find early societies assigning special powers to plants and animals?

5. What caused the concept of God to become more of a world savior by the Jews?

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