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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3, Our Notions of God.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should well-functioning mythologies produce?
(a) All of these.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Awe.
(d) Gratitude.

2. What did Campbell say metaphors described?
(a) The mind.
(b) The soul.
(c) The outer world.
(d) The visions of the past.

3. How did Campbell say religious metaphors should be understood?
(a) Through interpretation.
(b) By denotation.
(c) Through meditation.
(d) By connotation.

4. What is the Jewish name for God?
(a) Yaweh.
(b) Father.
(c) Jehoveh.
(d) Rabboni.

5. What did Western religions pit against each other?
(a) Man and God.
(b) Good and evil.
(c) Angels and demons.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What country did Campbell talk about at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What level did Hinduism strive to deal with?

3. What did 'tat tvam asi' mean?

4. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?

5. What did Campbell say about the two neighboring lands of the country talked about in Chapter 2?

(see the answer key)

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