The Power of Myth Test | Final Test - Easy

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The Power of Myth Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Moses meet on the summit of a mountain?
(a) Yahweh
(b) Buddha
(c) God
(d) Jesus

2. What does the Church of the Middle Ages indicate that marriages are not?
(a) Arranged
(b) Based on love
(c) Political in nature
(d) Social in nature

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

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

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

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

7. What is God in the Oriental culture?
(a) Creator of the universe
(b) Survivor of the universe
(c) Keeper of the universe
(d) Manifestation of the universe

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

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

10. What does Jesus do when he returns from the desert?
(a) Begins preaching his message
(b) Goes to the summit of the mountain
(c) Is baptised
(d) Sits under the tree of immortal knowledge

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

12. What did Campbell indicate that mythologies evolved from after Hunter-Gatherer?
(a) Metal working
(b) Gatherer
(c) Tools
(d) Farming

13. How does Campbell indicate that role models for society are created?
(a) Surviving the evildoers
(b) The writings from the Gods
(c) Heroes overcoming challenges
(d) Following the rules of the heros

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following historical developments does Campbell trace in Chapter 6?

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

3. Which of the following rivers are considered in the Near East?

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

5. What is the dominant theme of the Mediterranean region's religious history?

(see the answer keys)

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