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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter IV, Sacrifice and Bliss.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Buddhist and Upanishad traditions, God assumes what gender?
(a) Female
(b) Male
(c) Neither female or male, but is both
(d) None

2. Whose legends are in direct contrast to the idea that man is superior to animals?
(a) Plains Indians
(b) Pawnee legend
(c) Blackfoot Buffalo
(d) Bushmen of Africa

3. Which of the following is another name for Mexico City?
(a) Toluca
(b) Tenochtitlan
(c) Torreon
(d) Guadalajara

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

5. What can be said to reappear over and over throughout various mythologies?
(a) Characters
(b) Rituals
(c) Language
(d) Themes

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the architecture of a city an expression of in a society?

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

3. What is the best definition of a myth?

4. What is an important component in the development of mythology?

5. Campbell indicates that it is possible for contradictory versions of a myth can exist in the _______ culture.

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