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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 Pawnee legend, how does Tirawa tell man he will show himself?
(a) Through animals interactions with humans
(b) Through the hunters
(c) Through the stars and planets
(d) Through animals and heavenly bodies

2. From where did the clergy during medieval times indicate their authority was derived?
(a) Inescapable supernatural laws that rule over the natural world
(b) God
(c) Sins of mankind
(d) Their own meditations and personal contact with God

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

4. Which of the following is a true statement about recurring themes in mythology?
(a) They provide truths only about specific cultures and societies.
(b) They portray universal and eternal truths about mankind.
(c) They allow for cultural norms to be explored by generations living them.
(d) They represent the norms of specific generations.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Campbell call the cave paintings?

3. To what does Campbell compare a cathedral?

4. Which of the following is not one of the more sophisticated concepts of God?

5. In the hunting and gathering society, mythology consisted of appeasing the animal gods. In the farming society it consisted of what?

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