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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. When do dreams become a part of society's myths?
(a) When people share the dreams and metaphors from the dreams
(b) When dreams are interpreted by psychologists
(c) When there are specific actions or symbols in the dreams
(d) When they act out a known society's myth

2. Campbell say that dreams are a manifestation of ____________________.
(a) subconscious desires
(b) subconscious mythic images
(c) unwanted desires which cannot be suppressed
(d) mythic images seen throughout society

3. From where did the clergy during medieval times indicate their authority was derived?
(a) Inescapable supernatural laws that rule over the natural world
(b) God
(c) Sins of mankind
(d) Their own meditations and personal contact with God

4. Which of the following is not one of the more sophisticated concepts of God?
(a) Supreme Being
(b) Creator of the World
(c) Giver of life
(d) Ultimate Lord of the Universe

5. How were myths and legends handed down before the invention of writing?
(a) Rituals only
(b) Rituals and oral traditions
(c) Oral traditions only
(d) They were often lost and not handed down

Short Answer Questions

1. Which specific cathedral does Campbell indicate he has visited numerous times?

2. Campbell indicates the Bible describes the evolution of _______________.

3. Of which general religion is Campbell?

4. In the hunting and gathering society, mythology consisted of appeasing the animal gods. In the farming society it consisted of what?

5. How does Chapter 3 differ from the other chapters in this text?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to myths over time?

3. What do all mythologies have in common?

4. What do Neanderthal graves often include?

5. What happens when individuals share their dreams with others?

6. What is an integral part of the myths of creation?

7. How did primitive societies associate gods?

8. What do hunting rituals have in common?

9. What is Chapter 2 mainly about?

10. In what way are the Assyrian temples similar to the Christian church?

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