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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 was the intermediate institution for Jews?
(a) A feast.
(b) A mystical union with God.
(c) A covenant.
(d) A synagogue.

2. What kind of religion was seen as a protection from experience?
(a) Formal.
(b) Agnostic.
(c) Ritualistic.
(d) Christian.

3. What did the other half of people in religion say about what half of the people said was truth?
(a) They were teaching tools.
(b) They were lies.
(c) They were not to be trusted.
(d) They were useful.

4. What did Campbell say about the two neighboring lands of the country talked about in Chapter 2?
(a) The peace was caused by belief in mythology.
(b) The conflicts were all started over legends.
(c) The beliefs were radically different.
(d) The religious background was amazing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the yin yang represent?

2. What did half of the people in religion say was truth?

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

4. What did Campbell say was an underlying definition of Mythology?

5. What did old images have to be freed of to impart truth, according to Campbell?

(see the answer key)

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