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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Campbell and Moyers say people visit the Holy Land?
(a) Sacred place
(b) Weather
(c) Historical significance
(d) Societal norms

2. What is the architecture of a city an expression of in a society?
(a) Sacred places
(b) Spiritual tenets
(c) Spiritual powers
(d) Universal sanctification

3. Whose myths fascinated Campbell as he was growing up?
(a) Aztec
(b) Chinese
(c) Japanese
(d) American Indians

4. When do dreams become a part of society's myths?
(a) When there are specific actions or symbols in the dreams
(b) When dreams are interpreted by psychologists
(c) When people share the dreams and metaphors from the dreams
(d) When they act out a known society's myth

5. Which of the following best describes the main idea of this text?
(a) Doctoral thesis
(b) History of the human race
(c) Ideas about changing ancient myths
(d) Universality and evolution of myths through history

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

7. Which of the following is not part of the notion of appeasement for taking the life of a wild creature according to Campbell?
(a) Continuation of the cycle
(b) Food
(c) Cooperation
(d) Prey returning to life

8. The monster who devours himself until only his face is left becomes a symbol of the ____________.
(a) Face of God
(b) Face of Glory
(c) Face of Heaven
(d) Face of saviors

9. Which of the following is a true statement about recurring themes in mythology?
(a) They represent the norms of specific generations.
(b) They allow for cultural norms to be explored by generations living them.
(c) They portray universal and eternal truths about mankind.
(d) They provide truths only about specific cultures and societies.

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

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

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

13. Which specific cathedral does Campbell indicate he has visited numerous times?
(a) Cologne
(b) Canterbury
(c) Chartres
(d) Milan

14. How does Campbell describe the slaughter of the buffalo herds by the white man in the nineteenth century?
(a) Sacrilege
(b) A lie
(c) Profane
(d) Unheard of

15. How many creatures does Aristophanes tell were created at the beginning of time?
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the first storytellers?

2. What does the birth of an individual become transformed into in myths and legends?

3. In the hunting and gathering society, mythology consisted of appeasing the animal gods. In the farming society it consisted of what?

4. What underlying assumption does Campbell make about human development?

5. What can be said to reappear over and over throughout various mythologies?

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