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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Grave burials which show weapons and possessions are an indication of a belief in ____________________.
(a) hunter-gatherers
(b) God
(c) life after death
(d) burial rituals

2. On what topic does Campbell open the discussion in Chapter 3?
(a) Hunters-gatherers
(b) Religion
(c) Human development
(d) Birth

3. In which of the following rituals is land orientation important to the Sioux?
(a) Wedding ceremony
(b) Pipe smoking ceremony
(c) Planting
(d) Church building

4. What do Campbell and Moyers indicate has lost its force and become a mere remnant of the original in regard to marriage?
(a) Ritual marriage
(b) Polygamy
(c) Monogamous marriage
(d) Social marriages

5. Campbell indicates the Bible describes the evolution of _______________.
(a) the historical account of events
(b) The Judeo-Christian concept of God
(c) How God has changed over time
(d) The story of the life of Jesus

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose myths fascinated Campbell as he was growing up?

2. What is the end of the inward journey?

3. Where was it especially common to find early societies assigning special powers to plants and animals?

4. Which of the following is not one of the more sophisticated concepts of God?

5. Campbell indicates that it is possible for contradictory versions of a myth can exist in the _______ culture.

Short Essay Questions

1. How have myths helped Campbell?

2. What does the architecture of a city express?

3. What is the underlying assumption regarding human development according to Campbell?

4. What is the Christian tradition the only one to portray?

5. What is a shaman?

6. Why are contemporary rituals carried out?

7. What do Neanderthal graves often include?

8. What happens when different cultures expand their spheres of influence and come into contact with each other?

9. What happens with the coming of the planting cycle?

10. How did primitive societies associate gods?

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