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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2, The Experience of Religious Mystery.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What ceased the power of what Campbell said connected people to the infinite?
(a) Historical events.
(b) Literary figures.
(c) Changes in time.
(d) Scientific discoveries.

2. What did Campbell say almost all religions have in common?
(a) There is a way to repent.
(b) God and Earth are differentiated.
(c) There are scriptural records.
(d) God is a punishing deity.

3. What did Campbell say was the second function served by Mythology?
(a) Perceiving the mystery of time and space.
(b) Carrying individuals through life's crises.
(c) Supporting moral order in society.
(d) Alligning consciousness to the mysteries of the universe.

4. What did Campbell say was the first function served by Mythology?
(a) Supporting moral order in society.
(b) Perceiving the mystery of time and space.
(c) Carrying individuals through life's crises.
(d) Alligning consciousness to the mysteries of the universe.

5. What did Mythology teach people to respect?
(a) History.
(b) Power.
(c) Mysteries.
(d) Gods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say was a lie?

2. What did Campbell compare metaphors to?

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

4. What was said to have cut short experiences?

5. What did Western religions pit against each other?

(see the answer key)

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