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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. Why were Osiris and Set created?
(a) To create respect for priests.
(b) To explain the origin of the sun.
(c) To honor a great leader.
(d) So people could meditate on Jesus.

2. What about the world did Navajos often meditate over?
(a) Heat.
(b) Water.
(c) Nature.
(d) Energy.

3. What in the desert did Navajos attach mythological meaning to?
(a) The snakes.
(b) Every detail.
(c) The emptiness.
(d) The sand.

4. What in the Bible did Campbell call poetry?
(a) The symbolism.
(b) The Covenants.
(c) The Commandments.
(d) The mythology.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when clergy were unable to interpret something?

2. Who, besides the Jews, believed in a Promised Land?

3. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?

4. What kind of conquerors were always found in Hebrew scriptures?

5. What did Campbell say was the second function served by Mythology?

(see the answer key)

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