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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. What is the end of the inward journey?
(a) God is not inside us, but rather an outsider.
(b) God is in each of us.
(c) To find God in the subconscious is part of all religions.
(d) God can look inside of us to see our ideals.

2. What do Campbell and Moyers claim has led to a lack of awareness of mythological foundations of western society's heritage?
(a) Modernization
(b) Social pageantry
(c) Technology
(d) Exclusion of classical studies

3. What does Campbell say that architecture forms in Western Society?
(a) Tangible records of history and transformation
(b) Symbols of representing spiritual principles
(c) Architecture's importance to religion
(d) Surprising use of places of worship in a society

4. What does Moses bring back from the summit of the mountain?
(a) Bible
(b) Sea scrolls
(c) Ten Commandments
(d) Ark of the covenent

5. What comes from the release of fears and sorrows of the world?
(a) Life
(b) Rebirth
(c) Nirvana
(d) Death

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many creation myths does Campbell share from the Bible?

3. In the Buddhist and Upanishad traditions, God assumes what gender?

4. Which of the following best describes how the person on the journey returns?

5. What does Campbell say that the fate of evildoers teaches society?

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