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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. To what does Campbell compare the caves with cave drawings?
(a) Famous paintings by the great artists
(b) Historical records
(c) Primitive oral stories
(d) Cathedrals

2. What part of myths are an unchanging part of mankind's experience?
(a) Myths about death and dying
(b) Myths about burial rituals
(c) Myths about birth
(d) Myths about human development

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

4. What is the architecture of a city an expression of in a society?
(a) Universal sanctification
(b) Sacred places
(c) Spiritual tenets
(d) Spiritual powers

5. Which of the following is not one of the universal themes identified by Campbell?
(a) Reincarnation
(b) Birth
(c) Identification of God
(d) Death

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following cities is an example of the importance of architecture as an expression of spiritual tenets?

2. Which of the following plays a role in the evolution of a specific mythology?

3. In the Pawnee legend, how does Tirawa tell man he will show himself?

4. In medieval times, what does Campbell indicate the clergy did to ordinary people?

5. When did Mexico City have great temples and considered a sacred city?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some universal themes in myths that occur in all societies and all epochs?

2. In Plato's Symposium, how is gender defined?

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

4. What is Campbell's and Moyers' stance on the subject of ritual of marriage?

5. How have myths helped Campbell?

6. What are the three universal common legends?

7. What is Chapter 2 mainly about?

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

9. What are the rituals concerned with after the society has shifted from hunters to farmers?

10. What do hunting rituals have in common?

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