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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 does Campbell indicate will emerge to replace the old traditional mythologies?
(a) Global mythology
(b) Stable mythology
(c) Goddess mythology
(d) Galactic mythology
2. Which of the following was not a major river which played an important part in the development of societies and cultures?
(a) Indus
(b) Ganges
(c) Nile
(d) Amazon
3. To what does Campbell attempt to equate the beginning of the Reformation?
(a) Search for the holy grail
(b) Martin Luther
(c) Romantic love
(d) Troubadours
4. Which of the following cultures used the circle to represent the embodiment of the center of their mythology?
(a) Jews
(b) Christians
(c) Aztecs
(d) Buddists
5. To whose epiphany writings does Campbell compare his own athletic experience?
(a) Byron's
(b) Brown's
(c) Joyce's
(d) Moyers's
Short Answer Questions
1. All of the great religions advocate what in some form with the deity?
2. Buddhist teachings indicate that though there is suffering in life, people should do what?
3. Who do Campbell and Moyers credit with the origination of love?
4. What complaint do Campbell and Moyers repeat in Chapter 5?
5. Which of the following is a Greek legend from which Campbell quotes?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the mandala in the Buddhist tradition?
2. How does the hero in a myth become a hero?
3. How does Campbell describe sexual desire?
4. What do the myths of the Iroquois beautiful maid and her many suitors, as well as the English tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight tell?
5. By the middle ages, to what were the preponderance of Cathedrals dedicated?
6. What does Campbell describe in Chapter 6?
7. What is the theme of Chapter 7?
8. What is the Albigensian movement?
9. Why could it be said that the suppression of the goddess myths was not complete in the Christian tradition?
10. How does Campbell describe the acceptance of the concept of romantic love by contemporary western society?
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