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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Moses bring back from the summit of the mountain?
(a) Sea scrolls
(b) Bible
(c) Ark of the covenent
(d) Ten Commandments

2. On what does Campbell indicate that man's view of God depends?
(a) Parent beliefs
(b) Encompassing culture
(c) Own beliefs
(d) Societal norms

3. How do the troubadours describe love?
(a) The goal
(b) The only
(c) The means
(d) The ideal

4. To what does Campbell attempt to equate the beginning of the Reformation?
(a) Search for the holy grail
(b) Romantic love
(c) Troubadours
(d) Martin Luther

5. With what is the Goddess identified?
(a) Stars
(b) Earth
(c) Night
(d) Moon

6. What complaint do Campbell and Moyers repeat in Chapter 5?
(a) Schools do not teach enough mythology.
(b) Youth no longer believes in myths.
(c) Modern society does not have adequate myths for the youth.
(d) There are too many myths in our society.

7. The psychology of love does not affect which of the following in regard to knights?
(a) Rules of engagement in tournaments
(b) Code of chivalry
(c) Rules of engagement in duels
(d) Tools to be used in tournaments or duels

8. What does Campbell say that the fate of evildoers teaches society?
(a) Dire consequences of not being a moral person
(b) The punishments possible in society
(c) Improve role models standing in society
(d) How to behave morally

9. Who formalizes the dogma of Mary being the Mother of God?
(a) Council of Ephesus
(b) Notre Dame Council
(c) Greek culture
(d) Roman Catholic Church

10. What does Campbell indicate the concept of romantic love stresses in Western culture?
(a) Preeminence of the individual's experience
(b) Demands of society
(c) Chaos of society
(d) Constraints of the society

11. From what geographical area is the myth of the princely hunter?
(a) Greek
(b) Celtic
(c) Roman
(d) Tibetan

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

13. What is the earth considered throughout myths of the farming era?
(a) Life and renewal
(b) Supportive system
(c) Beginning of the end
(d) Goddess itself

14. What is lacking in relation to the figures unearthed in Europe dating back to the Neolithic period?
(a) Male counterparts
(b) Female figures
(c) Fertility ritual figures
(d) Worship figures

15. In which culture does the deity include both male and female entities?
(a) Indian
(b) West
(c) Oriental
(d) Upanishad

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes how the person on the journey returns?

2. How does Campbell indicate that role models for society are created?

3. To whose epiphany writings does Campbell compare his own athletic experience?

4. In which of the following religions is mankind identified as being included and participating with the deity?

5. Which of the following is immortal and voluntarily participates in the sorrows of the world?

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