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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In which previous chapter was the idea of love and marriage discussed?
(a) 2
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 4

4. What region has symbols of the bull and boar representing male power?
(a) African
(b) Asian
(c) Mediterranean
(d) European

5. When, approximately, did the suppression of the Goddess religions come about?
(a) Third Millenium BC
(b) Fifth Millennium BC
(c) Seventh Millennium BC
(d) Fourth Millennium BC

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

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

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

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

10. Rather than a means to an end, Campbell said that religion's role is more likely this?
(a) Surprise
(b) Obstruction
(c) Organization
(d) Defense

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

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

13. Who crushed the Albigensians?
(a) Pope John Paul
(b) The Ango Saxons
(c) Pope Innocent III
(d) The Church of the Middle Ages

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following themes best describes the beginning of Chapter 8?

2. With what is the Goddess identified?

3. What does Campbell indicate is identified as the natural choice for supreme being?

4. In what year was the Albigensian Crusade begun?

5. What is the bo tree known as?

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