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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. Which of the following is the best definition for the term "sanctify" as used in the following sentence: "They sanctify their own local landscape."
(a) Desecrate
(b) Destroy
(c) Defile
(d) Bless

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

3. What comes from the release of fears and sorrows of the world?
(a) Life
(b) Nirvana
(c) Death
(d) Rebirth

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Moses meet on the summit of a mountain?

2. Which of the following is not one of the universal themes identified by Campbell?

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

4. What types of figures which dated back to the Neolithic period were found in Europe?

5. Whose legend does Campbell recall which is in a similar vein to Sir Gawain's legend?

(see the answer key)

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