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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VI, The Gift of the Goddess.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Campbell call the cave paintings?
(a) Awakenings
(b) Cultural transitions
(c) Landscapes of the soul
(d) Spiritual Life

2. What conclusion do Campbell and Moyers reach about mythology in current society?
(a) There is a lack of effective ritual and mythology.
(b) There are no rituals and mythology.
(c) There is too much effective ritual and mythology.
(d) There is just the right amount of effective ritual and mythology.

3. What do Campbell and Moyers indicate has lost its force and become a mere remnant of the original in regard to marriage?
(a) Ritual marriage
(b) Monogamous marriage
(c) Social marriages
(d) Polygamy

4. Campbell indicates the Bible describes the evolution of _______________.
(a) The Judeo-Christian concept of God
(b) The story of the life of Jesus
(c) the historical account of events
(d) How God has changed over time

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Campbell state about sacred places?

2. Of what kind of myths and legends does Campbell provide specific examples?

3. Which of the following was not a major river which played an important part in the development of societies and cultures?

4. Which of the following best describes how the person on the journey returns?

5. Which of the following historical developments does Campbell trace in Chapter 6?

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