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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. All of the great religions advocate what in some form with the deity?
(a) Naming
(b) Acceptance
(c) Identification
(d) Union

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

3. Which term best describes the manner in which Campbell and Moyers deal with the knowledge of God and eternity?
(a) No way
(b) Haphazard
(c) Specific
(d) Detailed

4. Which of the following cultures used the circle to represent the embodiment of the center of their mythology?
(a) Buddists
(b) Jews
(c) Aztecs
(d) Christians

5. The person who leaves the existing world is embarking on a _____________.
(a) journey
(b) legend
(c) dream quest
(d) spiritual wakening

6. What seems to be a commonality among all cultures in relation to God according to Campbell?
(a) Stories about God to pass down
(b) Introduction of similarities to other Gods
(c) Identification and union with God
(d) Reliance on God to set rules

7. What is the name of Campbell's previously published book?
(a) Tales of Love and Marriage
(b) Masks of Eternity
(c) The Hero's Adventure
(d) The Hero with a Thousand Faces

8. What is the dominant theme of the Mediterranean region's religious history?
(a) Fertility ritual figures
(b) Equality
(c) Gods
(d) Goddess

9. Which of the following can be said that occurs in the stories of Jesus Christ, Buddha and Moses?
(a) Exact same story, different geographical areas
(b) No commonalities
(c) Similar features
(d) Common elements

10. From what does Campbell indicate society must protect itself?
(a) Emotional trauma of not finding true love
(b) Romantice love
(c) Unconditional love
(d) Chaos of excessive indulgence

11. What is a powerful symbol that appears in all religions and cultures?
(a) Star
(b) Cross
(c) Square
(d) Circle

12. According to Campbell, infidelity goes against which of the following?
(a) Pope
(b) Martin Luther
(c) Troubadours
(d) Greater good of scoiety

13. To what country's myth does Campbell compare the clown figure?
(a) England
(b) India
(c) Nigeria
(d) Ireland

14. What image is depicted of the Goddess Nut from Egypt?
(a) Giving birth to the savior
(b) Giving birth to the moon
(c) Swallowing the moon
(d) Swallowing the sun

15. What type of teacher was Campbell that he recounts in Chapter 8?
(a) Comparative mythology
(b) Philosophy
(c) Sociology
(d) Psychology

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following describes how the Hebrew tradition referred to the Canaanite Goddess?

2. Which of the following went into solitude and emerged to sit beneath a bo tree?

3. What complaint do Campbell and Moyers repeat in Chapter 5?

4. Whose legend does Campbell recall which is in a similar vein to Sir Gawain's legend?

5. What is the bo tree known as?

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