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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What types of media did the first storytellers use to create art?

2. Western society studied the mythology of which of the following other cultures as part of its heritage?

3. Campbell say that dreams are a manifestation of ____________________.

4. According to Campbell, what is the function of a mythology?

5. What do the symbols used in Assyrian temples become in the New Testament?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What do the Navaho hogans include?

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

4. What happens with the coming of the planting cycle?

5. What do places of worship include which are similar across various religions?

6. What is the underlying assumption regarding human development according to Campbell?

7. Why are contemporary rituals carried out?

8. What is Chapter 2 mainly about?

9. What is a shaman?

10. What do the accounts of legends highlight from early times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does it seem natural that the Goddess religions were very close to the fertile river areas? What areas of the world would this type of belief continue? Does Campbell's reasoning seem sound? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the role of shaman in society. How is this different from that of a priest or other religious figure? How is it the same?

Essay Topic 3

How does the concept of romantic love persist this day in Western culture? Does it persist in the same manner as the troubadours suggested? Why or why not?

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