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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. How is the sunrise depicted by the Goddess Nut in Egypt?
(a) Taking it to the mother earth for renewal
(b) Swallowing it in the west
(c) Giving birth to it in the east
(d) Combining it with th emoon

2. What about life is universally recognized according to Campbell?
(a) Life is created by God.
(b) There is more than one God.
(c) God is a man.
(d) There is existance beyond mankind's cognizance.

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

4. What region has symbols of the bull and boar representing male power?
(a) European
(b) Asian
(c) Mediterranean
(d) African

5. Which of the following can be said that occurs in the stories of Jesus Christ, Buddha and Moses?
(a) Common elements
(b) No commonalities
(c) Exact same story, different geographical areas
(d) Similar features

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do Campbell and Moyers credit with the origination of love?

2. All of the great religions advocate what in some form with the deity?

3. In what year was the Albigensian Crusade begun?

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

5. To what figure from Germanic and Celtic myths did Campbell expose his students?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the description of evildoers and their fate teach the members of a society?

2. What is the basis for measuring and recording time?

3. What placed the Goddess as a counterpart to the male God who judges and punishes mankind?

4. What are liturgies?

5. By the middle ages, to what were the preponderance of Cathedrals dedicated?

6. How does Campbell describe sexual desire?

7. From where does the name of the Ganges River come?

8. What two things does Campbell indicate will help to decide whether or not the western ideas of matrimony permeate the cultures of India or China?

9. What does Campbell indicate is easy to understand in relation to farming societies?

10. Why could it be said that the suppression of the goddess myths was not complete in the Christian tradition?

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