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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. What is a powerful symbol that appears in all religions and cultures?
(a) Square
(b) Circle
(c) Star
(d) Cross

2. In which culture does the deity include both male and female entities?
(a) Oriental
(b) West
(c) Upanishad
(d) Indian

3. The person who leaves the existing world is embarking on a _____________.
(a) dream quest
(b) spiritual wakening
(c) legend
(d) journey

4. In what year was the Albigensian Crusade begun?
(a) 1200
(b) 1209
(c) 1115
(d) 1310

5. What two symbols are combined in a powerful union through the Goddess Nut?
(a) Heavenly body and mother earth
(b) Mother earth and the goddess
(c) Moon and sun
(d) Sunrise and sunset

Short Answer Questions

1. What influence does Campbell indicate leads to the reemergence of the female figure in the Christian religion?

2. Which of the following describes how the Hebrew tradition referred to the Canaanite Goddess?

3. What is God in the Oriental culture?

4. Buddhist teachings indicate that though there is suffering in life, people should do what?

5. What image is depicted of the Goddess Nut from Egypt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was different about the Semitic and Indo-European invaders and those that they invaded?

3. Instead of the Crucifixion, what does the Oriental tradition describe in relation to Bodhisattva?

4. What image does Campbell evoke to illustrate what he is trying to convey when he discusses the concept of eternity?

5. What does the title of Chapter 5, The Hero's Adventure, indicate to the reader?

6. How does the hero in a myth become a hero?

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

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

9. The legends of heroes also can describe what besides religions?

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

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