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

2. What did Campbell say Mythology was supposed to awaken?
(a) Minds.
(b) Awe.
(c) Creativity.
(d) History.

3. What two trees did Paul see a connection between?
(a) The tree of the Fall and the tree of the Cross.
(b) The tree of knowledge and the tree of evil.
(c) The tree of life and the tree of death.
(d) The tree of the Crucifixion and the tree of life.

4. Who saw religion as a protection from experience?
(a) Buddha.
(b) Confuscious.
(c) Mohamed.
(d) Jung.

5. Who did Campbell say concentrated on the concrete meaning of metaphors?
(a) Scholars.
(b) Priests.
(c) Children.
(d) Theologans.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say promoted mathematics in education?

2. What did Mythology teach people to respect?

3. What did Campbell say was the second function served by Mythology?

4. What must humans do to create new symbols in life?

5. What did Campbell say allowed participation with the infinite?

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