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

2. How does Campbell indicate that role models for society are created?

3. Which of the following rivers are considered in the Near East?

4. Which of the following is true about sexual desire according to Campbell?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Campbell describe sexual desire?

2. 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?

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

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

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

6. What does Campbell describe in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. What is the theme of Chapter 7?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the form of the hero quest. Does it have to include both spiritual and physical deeds? Is it the same in every mythology?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the importance of the Goddess in mythology. How did the Goddess change throughout time? Is the idea of the Goddess still present in modern religions? In what way?

Essay Topic 3

Describe how Campbell utilizes his own personal experience throughout the novel as a positive example of the myths he relates. Do you believe this is a good strategy for this type of text? Why or why not?

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