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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Campbell say separated believers from atheists?
(a) Their belief in metaphor.
(b) Their trust in religion.
(c) Their need for religion.
(d) Their faithful hearts.

2. What did Campbell say the Bible was a depiction of?
(a) A journey of the soul.
(b) A good world falling.
(c) The way to manage society.
(d) The battle between good and evil.

3. What did Campbell say was a lie?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Myth.
(c) Legend.
(d) Religion.

4. What level did Buddhism strive to deal with?
(a) The thou level.
(b) The thine level.
(c) The think level.
(d) The then level.

5. What did Campbell say formed the mystery of the Orient?
(a) Compassion.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Maps and legends.
(d) Lost scripture.

6. What happened when clergy were unable to interpret something?
(a) They were not believed.
(b) They could not touch hearts.
(c) They got confused and changed doctrine.
(d) They taught lies.

7. What did Campbell say myths were products of?
(a) Dreams.
(b) Imagination.
(c) History.
(d) Desire.

8. What did Campbell say Christianity did to salvation?
(a) Granted it freely.
(b) Insisted on it.
(c) Indoctrinated it.
(d) Evoked it.

9. What did Campbell say was the fourth function served by Mythology?
(a) Perceiving the mystery of time and space.
(b) Supporting moral order in society.
(c) Alligning consciousness to the mysteries of the universe.
(d) Carrying individuals through life's crises.

10. What must fall away for people to grasp the truth, according to Campbell?
(a) The mythological texts.
(b) The metaphysical covers.
(c) The religious devotions.
(d) The masks of God.

11. What kind of conquerors were always found in Hebrew scriptures?
(a) Patriarchal.
(b) Matriarchal.
(c) Heroic.
(d) Monarchal.

12. What did Campbell say the Earth was a precipitation of?
(a) Spirit.
(b) Beings.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Space.

13. Who spoke of hearing things that could not be told?
(a) Peter.
(b) Paul.
(c) Jung.
(d) Campbell.

14. What did Campbell say metaphors described?
(a) The mind.
(b) The soul.
(c) The visions of the past.
(d) The outer world.

15. What country did Campbell enjoy visiting the most?
(a) Iran.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Italy.
(d) Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What in the Bible did Campbell call poetry?

2. What were some clergy unable to interpret?

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

4. What did old images have to be freed of to impart truth, according to Campbell?

5. What about the world did Navajos often meditate over?

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