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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 type of teacher was Campbell that he recounts in Chapter 8?

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

3. When does Jesus go into the the desert?

4. What comes from the release of fears and sorrows of the world?

5. What is the dominant theme of the Mediterranean region's religious history?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the theme of Chapter 7?

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

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. In what major religious icons can common elements be found?

8. What is the Albigensian movement?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you believe the circle is such a powerful system in all religions? What part does it play in your own religion? Use specific examples.

Essay Topic 2

How does Hollywood perpetuate myths and legends? Do you believe this is necessary? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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