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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. Who, besides the Jews, believed in a Promised Land?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Buddhists.
(c) The Navajos.
(d) The Hindus.

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

3. How many functions did Campbell say Mythology served?
(a) 6.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 5.

4. Why was Paul's teaching in Corinth accepted?
(a) He was fulfilling prophecy.
(b) They had witnessed what happened in Jerusalem.
(c) They felt the spirit.
(d) His banking metaphor connected with them.

5. What was ignored when metaphors were taken literally?
(a) The real meaning.
(b) The reality of the situation.
(c) The spiritual core.
(d) The teaching point.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Campbell say the Earth was a precipitation of?

3. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?

4. What caused Jewish men to be allowed into the covenant?

5. What did Western religions pit against each other?

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