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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. Who often arranged for traditional marriage?

2. Whose legend does Campbell recall which is in a similar vein to Sir Gawain's legend?

3. To what country's myth does Campbell compare the clown figure?

4. Who wrote "The Myth of the Birth of the Hero?"

5. What influence does Campbell indicate leads to the reemergence of the female figure in the Christian religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who described an expression of metaphysical idea that life is part of one great dream of a single dreamer?

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

3. How does Campbell describe sexual desire?

4. What placed the Goddess as a counterpart to the male God who judges and punishes mankind?

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

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

7. What is the Albigensian movement?

8. What is the theme of Chapter 7?

9. What does Campbell describe in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you feel our current society needs new myths? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Why do you believe the oral tradition for passing down myths and legends was replaced with the written tradition? Which do you think is the better method? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think myths adapt and change from society? Do you think that continues in modern time? Is it possible to have a consistent myth across societies? Why or why not?

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