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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose legends are in direct contrast to the idea that man is superior to animals?
(a) Pawnee legend
(b) Plains Indians
(c) Blackfoot Buffalo
(d) Bushmen of Africa

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

3. 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) Bless
(d) Defile

4. When the Jews were in Babylon their God was ____________.
(a) The same as the present day god
(b) Unknown
(c) A local tribal god
(d) The savior

5. To what does Campbell compare a cathedral?
(a) Animal
(b) Soul
(c) Womb
(d) Infant

6. When did Mexico City have great temples and considered a sacred city?
(a) During the middle ages
(b) In the Neolithic period
(c) After the Spaniards invaded
(d) Before the Spaniards invaded

7. In medieval times, what does Campbell indicate the clergy did to ordinary people?
(a) Listened
(b) Controlled
(c) Surprised
(d) Preached

8. What do the symbols used in Assyrian temples become in the New Testament?
(a) Saints
(b) Patrons
(c) Evangelists
(d) Priests

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

10. Grave burials which show weapons and possessions are an indication of a belief in ____________________.
(a) God
(b) burial rituals
(c) hunter-gatherers
(d) life after death

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

12. Which of the following is not one of the universal themes identified by Campbell?
(a) Death
(b) Reincarnation
(c) Birth
(d) Identification of God

13. Under what condition is death discussed by Campbell?
(a) The condition of birth and death being the cycle of life
(b) The condition of mankind's understanding of death
(c) The condition of life after death
(d) The condition of God's role in death

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

15. How can a myth or ritual be preserved to the changing environment or social conditions of the culture?
(a) Oral traditions
(b) Religious ceremonies
(c) Written dialogue
(d) Adapting

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following is the best synonym for the term contradictory?

2. How many universal themes does Campbell identify?

3. How does Campbell describe the slaughter of the buffalo herds by the white man in the nineteenth century?

4. What is the focus of Chapter 2?

5. The accounts of legends in Africa all highlight the basic relationship between _________________.

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