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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. Which of the following is the best definition for the term "sanctify" as used in the following sentence: "They sanctify their own local landscape."
(a) Destroy
(b) Defile
(c) Bless
(d) Desecrate

2. How many creatures does Aristophanes tell were created at the beginning of time?
(a) 4
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 2

3. Which of the following is not part of the notion of appeasement for taking the life of a wild creature according to Campbell?
(a) Cooperation
(b) Continuation of the cycle
(c) Prey returning to life
(d) Food

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

5. How many signs of the zodiac are incorporated into Assyrian temples?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Black Elk see in his vision?

2. Why do Campbell and Moyers say people visit the Holy Land?

3. All mythologies indicate that the idea of God is unknowable and is the what?

4. How does Campbell indicate all love affairs will end?

5. Modern churches are built like what according to Campbell?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Campbell describe his upbringing?

2. On what is "The Power of Myth" based?

3. What is a shaman?

4. What do the accounts of legends highlight from early times?

5. What is Chapter 2 mainly about?

6. What do hunting rituals have in common?

7. How have myths helped Campbell?

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

9. What do all mythologies have in common?

10. What did the Roman Catholic Church do which is an example of ritual evolution?

(see the answer keys)

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