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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How did Campbell describe dreams?
(a) All of these.
(b) Universal.
(c) Transcending.
(d) Personal.
2. Why did Campbell say moral law brought no security?
(a) Money became more and more important.
(b) People had different opinions.
(c) Social life was changing constantly.
(d) The laws were not widely known as they should have been.
3. What did Campbell say myths were products of?
(a) History.
(b) Imagination.
(c) Desire.
(d) Dreams.
4. What did Campbell say the Earth was a precipitation of?
(a) Space.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Dirt.
(d) Beings.
5. Who asked Campbell about what he thought was a lie?
(a) A radio host.
(b) A student.
(c) A newspaper reporter.
(d) An editor.
6. What in the desert did Navajos attach mythological meaning to?
(a) The emptiness.
(b) The sand.
(c) Every detail.
(d) The snakes.
7. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?
(a) Asia.
(b) Rome.
(c) Europe.
(d) The Middle East.
8. What did Campbell say people cannot view at a glance?
(a) Their wills.
(b) Their existence.
(c) Their past.
(d) Their future.
9. What did Campbell say ruined the poetry in the Bible?
(a) When people made it too concrete.
(b) When people tried to fit it in a mold.
(c) When people read over it too quickly.
(d) When people didn't see it as poetry.
10. Who was enthroned between Isis and Hermes in a painting?
(a) Solomon.
(b) Moses.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Elijah.
11. What did Campbell say scholars missed when studying facts?
(a) The spiritual nature of things.
(b) The other explanations.
(c) The truth.
(d) The ineffable.
12. How did Campbell say people could answer the metaphysical call?
(a) By relazing their hold on reality.
(b) By letting go of the concrete.
(c) By finding beauty in nature.
(d) By going into the self.
13. What did Campbell say was a lie?
(a) Scripture.
(b) Legend.
(c) Religion.
(d) Myth.
14. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?
(a) The beliefs were questioned.
(b) The ideas were proved wrong.
(c) The young generation was proud.
(d) The leaders died.
15. What did 'tat tvam asi' mean?
(a) That is you.
(b) This will pass.
(c) God will rule.
(d) Love is here.
Short Answer Questions
1. What should well-functioning mythologies produce?
2. What kind of experiences did Campbell say led to rapture?
3. Who, besides the Jews, believed in a Promised Land?
4. What did Campbell say Mythology was supposed to awaken?
5. Where was it written that the Kingdom of God would spread unseen?
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