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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Navaho include in their sand paintings?
(a) Pipes
(b) Hogans
(c) Mythologized animals figures
(d) White men

2. Who were the first storytellers?
(a) Hunters
(b) Hunter-gatherers
(c) Farmers
(d) Gatherers

3. Campbell indicates that it is possible for contradictory versions of a myth can exist in the _______ culture.
(a) alternate
(b) same
(c) differing
(d) opposing

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

5. In what time period were the Sumerian seals documented?
(a) 3500 BC
(b) 4000 BC
(c) 3500 AD
(d) 2000 BC

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

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

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

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

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

11. Which of the following is the best synonym for motif as used in the following sentence: "The motifs of creation and death occurred in both Catholic and American Indian myths."
(a) Logo
(b) Design
(c) Theme
(d) Pattern

12. Which of the following cities is an example of the importance of architecture as an expression of spiritual tenets?
(a) New York City
(b) Mexico City
(c) Kansas City
(d) Salt Lake City

13. How many creation myths does Campbell share from the Bible?
(a)
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 1

14. How many signs of the zodiac are incorporated into Assyrian temples?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 3

15. From where did the clergy during medieval times indicate their authority was derived?
(a) God
(b) Their own meditations and personal contact with God
(c) Inescapable supernatural laws that rule over the natural world
(d) Sins of mankind

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Mexico City have great temples and considered a sacred city?

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

3. How does Chapter 3 differ from the other chapters in this text?

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

5. What changed about God in the Judeo-Christian group of cultures from preceding societies?

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