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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter II, The Inward Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is the snake (from the creation story) regarded in India?
(a) Benevolently
(b) Sacred animal
(c) Seducer
(d) Serpent King

2. Which of the following cannot be divorced from a specific culture and environment from the time it occurs?
(a) Writing of a historical nature
(b) Mythology
(c) Rituals
(d) Religion

3. Which of the following is an intrinsic part of society's culture?
(a) Punishment
(b) Rules
(c) Religion
(d) Laws

4. What is the focus of Chapter 2?
(a) Marriage
(b) Interaction of individuals
(c) Origin of myths and mythic images
(d) Birth's role in mythology

5. A myth embraces both of the following: ______________________.
(a) perception and perseverance
(b) an individual's internal image and those of society manifested in external forms
(c) external imaging and society rules
(d) an individual's internal image and society rules

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the end of the inward journey?

2. Meditation of the yogis in the Himalayas leads each individual to _______________________.

3. When the Jews were in Babylon their God was ____________.

4. Why are contemporary rituals carried out?

5. In what time period were the Sumerian seals documented?

(see the answer key)

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