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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter III, The First StoryTellers.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In what time period were the Sumerian seals documented?
(a) 3500 AD
(b) 3500 BC
(c) 4000 BC
(d) 2000 BC

3. Meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas leads each individual to _______________________.
(a) identify themselves with Shiva
(b) find God within himself/herself
(c) provide time to reflect on life
(d) suspend thoughts and stress

4. What is the best definition of a myth?
(a) Society's unspoken rules
(b) Written history of mankind
(c) Body of stories and legends
(d) Cultural norms

5. How many creatures does Aristophanes tell were created at the beginning of time?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 1
(d) 2

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following religions is the only one to portray the serpent as seducer?

2. How many universal themes does Campbell identify?

3. In primitive societies, gods were often associated with ___________________.

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

5. What do Campbell and Moyers indicate has lost its force and become a mere remnant of the original in regard to marriage?

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