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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) Bible
(b) Sea scrolls
(c) Ark of the covenent
(d) Ten Commandments

2. What type of man do Campbell and Moyer say that God is?
(a) Archetypical
(b) Evolutionary
(c) Digressive
(d) Universally

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

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

5. Who has never uttered a word of recrimination or complaint toward their persecutors in the Chinese government?
(a) Dalai Lama
(b) Buddhist monks
(c) Jesus Christ
(d) Moses

6. Of what kind of myths and legends does Campbell provide specific examples?
(a) Those involving rebirth
(b) Those involving life and renewal
(c) Those involving Jesus only
(d) Those involving death and suffering

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

8. To what figure from Germanic and Celtic myths did Campbell expose his students?
(a) Clown figures
(b) Mother figures
(c) Father figures
(d) Archetypical figures

9. An indication of how Western culture might have evolved had Hebrew mythology not survived can be seen in ___________________________.
(a) Asian religions
(b) religions of India
(c) religions of Africa
(d) religions of South America

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

11. Which of the following is immortal and voluntarily participates in the sorrows of the world?
(a) Tibetan Buddhist Monks
(b) Nirvana
(c) Bodhisattva
(d) Jesus Christ

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

13. Campbell and Moyers identify the development of the cult of the individual as being important at the _____________________________________.
(a) beginning of arranged marriage
(b) beginning of the idea of love
(c) ending of the idea of celibacy
(d) evolution of modern western culture

14. Which type of societies and cultures identified with the Goddess?
(a) Those in the river valleys
(b) Those near the ocean
(c) Those in the mountains
(d) Those with the most power and knowledge

15. What did the troubadours become known as?
(a) Love doctors
(b) Actors of love
(c) Singers of love
(d) Love mates

Short Answer Questions

1. The person who leaves the existing world is embarking on a _____________.

2. Buddhist teachings indicate that though there is suffering in life, people should do what?

3. Who formalizes the dogma of Mary being the Mother of God?

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

5. When, approximately, did the suppression of the Goddess religions come about?

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