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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VII, Tales of Love and Marriage.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose myths fascinated Campbell as he was growing up?
(a) Chinese
(b) Aztec
(c) American Indians
(d) Japanese

2. What Indian God is used to describe the idea of killing and eating other living beings?
(a) Vishmnu
(b) Kirtimukah
(c) The destroyer
(d) Shiva

3. Which invaders conquered the established societies in the Fourth Millennium B.C.?
(a) Semitic and Indo-European
(b) Indian
(c) Greek
(d) Roman

4. The prehistoric cave paintings in Southwest France are an example of ______________________.
(a) how traditions were shared throughout time
(b) the role of the artist in recording myths
(c) the role of shamans in recording myths
(d) how traditions and ideas are shared across cultures

5. In the hunting and gathering society, mythology consisted of appeasing the animal gods. In the farming society it consisted of what?
(a) Appeasing weather gods
(b) Success of harvest
(c) Understanding the natural world around them
(d) Appeasing the plant gods

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following rivers are considered in the Near East?

2. How does Campbell indicate that role models for society are created?

3. What is the stage in marriage where a mythological image embodies the sacrifice of the visible for a transcendent good?

4. Of which general religion is Campbell?

5. How have myths helped Campbell view his body?

(see the answer key)

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