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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 Campbell doing when he declared something a lie?
(a) Teaching a class.
(b) Talking with an expert.
(c) Writing a book.
(d) Doing an interview.

2. What did old images have to be freed of to impart truth, according to Campbell?
(a) Facts.
(b) Past usage.
(c) Literal definitions.
(d) Grammar.

3. What did Campbell say scholars missed when studying facts?
(a) The spiritual nature of things.
(b) The truth.
(c) The ineffable.
(d) The other explanations.

4. Who did Campbell say people want to submit to?
(a) A loving person.
(b) Themselves.
(c) Their fathers.
(d) A higher power.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What two trees did Paul see a connection between?

2. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?

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

4. How many functions did Campbell say Mythology served?

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

(see the answer key)

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