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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 must humans do to create new symbols in life?
(a) Anticipate the future.
(b) All of these.
(c) Look within themselves.
(d) Study the past.

2. What did Campbell compare metaphors to?
(a) All of these.
(b) Education.
(c) Journeys.
(d) Poems.

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

4. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?
(a) All of these.
(b) Alienation.
(c) Judgment.
(d) Estrangement.

5. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) Rome.
(c) Europe.
(d) Asia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say religion was often mistaken for?

2. What did Campbell say scholars missed when studying facts?

3. What did Campbell say was a lie?

4. What did Campbell say the Bible was a depiction of?

5. What was the intermediate institution for Christians?

(see the answer key)

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