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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Appendix, A Discussion.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Campbell not like preachers to explain symbols?
(a) They are not an authority.
(b) There is not one meaning to symbols.
(c) The symbols should speak for themselves.
(d) The people should discover them on their own.

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

3. How did Campbell describe meditation?
(a) All of these.
(b) Discursive.
(c) Transcending.
(d) Inspirational.

4. What did Campbell say allowed participation with the infinite?
(a) Metaphors.
(b) Journaling.
(c) History.
(d) Prayer.

5. What did Campbell say ruined the poetry in the Bible?
(a) When people tried to fit it in a mold.
(b) When people read over it too quickly.
(c) When people made it too concrete.
(d) When people didn't see it as poetry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say was the fulfillment of a man's purpose and direction?

2. Where was it written that the Kingdom of God would spread unseen?

3. How did Campbell say religious metaphors should be understood?

4. How did Jung say man's imagination should be?

5. What did Campbell say mythology was a language of?

(see the answer key)

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