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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the birth of an individual become transformed into in myths and legends?
(a) Creation of mankind
(b) Birth of God
(c) Life and death
(d) Renewal and spiritual healing

4. Which of the following plays a role in the evolution of a specific mythology?
(a) Point of view
(b) Who recorded it
(c) Language
(d) Geographic context

5. Which of the following religions is the only one to portray the serpent as seducer?
(a) Buddha
(b) Christian
(c) Jewish
(d) Muslim

6. 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

7. What does Campbell state about sacred places?
(a) They do not exist.
(b) The current society does not value them.
(c) People visit them enough.
(d) There are only a few still in existence.

8. With what do the invaders replace the temple to the Sun?
(a) Catholic Cathedral
(b) Temple to the Moon
(c) Nothing, they left the temples intact
(d) Statue of Christ

9. Western society studied the mythology of which of the following other cultures as part of its heritage?
(a) Indian
(b) Greek and Roman
(c) Roman
(d) Greek

10. On what topic does Campbell open the discussion in Chapter 3?
(a) Religion
(b) Human development
(c) Birth
(d) Hunters-gatherers

11. Of which general religion is Campbell?
(a) Buddhist
(b) Christian
(c) Muslim
(d) Jewish

12. To what does Campbell compare the caves with cave drawings?
(a) Cathedrals
(b) Famous paintings by the great artists
(c) Primitive oral stories
(d) Historical records

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

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

15. What is the best definition of a myth?
(a) Cultural norms
(b) Society's unspoken rules
(c) Body of stories and legends
(d) Written history of mankind

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Navaho include in their sand paintings?

2. Whose legends are in direct contrast to the idea that man is superior to animals?

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

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

5. To what does Campbell compare a cathedral?

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