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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, Masks of Eternity.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What changed about God in the Judeo-Christian group of cultures from preceding societies?
(a) Gender from male to female
(b) Role
(c) Gender from female to male
(d) From a passive to a vengeful god

2. What do Campbell and Moyers claim has led to a lack of awareness of mythological foundations of western society's heritage?
(a) Modernization
(b) Technology
(c) Exclusion of classical studies
(d) Social pageantry

3. Which of the following cannot be divorced from a specific culture and environment from the time it occurs?
(a) Religion
(b) Writing of a historical nature
(c) Mythology
(d) Rituals

4. What about life is universally recognized according to Campbell?
(a) There is more than one God.
(b) Life is created by God.
(c) There is existance beyond mankind's cognizance.
(d) God is a man.

5. Where was the physical scope of Biblical mythology?
(a) Far East
(b) Rome and Italy
(c) North America
(d) Middle East

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following cultures is an example of a culture which sanctifies its own land?

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

3. How many creatures does Aristophanes tell were created at the beginning of time?

4. What does Jesus do when he returns from the desert?

5. How many universal themes does Campbell identify?

(see the answer key)

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