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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. What kind of powers did plains dwellers attribute to animals and plants?
(a) Personified powers
(b) Spiritual powers
(c) Healing powers
(d) Supernatural powers

2. Why are contemporary rituals carried out?
(a) To mark people by their social standing
(b) To mark special events in private lives
(c) To invoke reverence
(d) To provide stability to our culture

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

4. All mythologies indicate that the idea of God is unknowable and is the what?
(a) Beyond nature
(b) Ultimate mystery
(c) Ultimate explanation
(d) Ultimate goal

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In which of the following rituals is land orientation important to the Sioux?

2. Which of the following could be considered an example of a paramount modern social institution?

3. How does Campbell describe the slaughter of the buffalo herds by the white man in the nineteenth century?

4. When do dreams become a part of society's myths?

5. Which of the following is another name for Mexico City?

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