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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, The Religious Imagination and the Rules of Traditional Theology.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should well-functioning mythologies produce?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Understanding.
(c) All of these.
(d) Awe.

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

3. What country did Campbell talk about at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) England.
(b) Italy.
(c) Iran.
(d) Turkey.

4. What did James Joyce call terror?
(a) A doorway to understanding.
(b) A test of the believers.
(c) A static experience of the sublime.
(d) A path to the truth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say was the definition of God?

2. What did Campbell say had to happen for a heart to awaken?

3. Why did Campbell say moral law brought no security?

4. What did Campbell say was the fourth function served by Mythology?

5. What did Campbell say metaphors described?

(see the answer key)

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