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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 figure from Germanic and Celtic myths did Campbell expose his students?
(a) Clown figures
(b) Father figures
(c) Archetypical figures
(d) Mother figures

2. Which invaders conquered the established societies in the Fourth Millennium B.C.?
(a) Semitic and Indo-European
(b) Indian
(c) Roman
(d) Greek

3. Which of the following themes best describes the beginning of Chapter 8?
(a) Fictional
(b) Autobiographical
(c) Historical
(d) Biographical

4. Who often arranged for traditional marriage?
(a) Family
(b) Husband to be
(c) Participants
(d) Church

5. What does Jung say about religion?
(a) It is unnecessary.
(b) It is a defense against the experience of God.
(c) It provides eternal judgment.
(d) It provides order to life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell indicate that mythologies evolved from after Hunter-Gatherer?

2. What does Jesus do when he returns from the desert?

3. What is a powerful symbol that appears in all religions and cultures?

4. On what does Campbell indicate that man's view of God depends?

5. What is the name of Campbell's previously published book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Campbell describe sexual desire?

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

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

7. In relation to the Neolithic figures that have been unearthed, what issue does Campbell not address?

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

9. How does Campbell describe the acceptance of the concept of romantic love by contemporary western society?

10. Where does the author indicate variations in generalized hero legends can be found?

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