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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of experiences did Campbell say led to rapture?
(a) Occupational.
(b) Tragic.
(c) Happy.
(d) Exhorbitant.

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

3. What did Eckhart say was the best thing God did for man?
(a) Sent his son.
(b) Wrote the Bible.
(c) Was a man himself.
(d) Inspired leaders.

4. Where was it written that the Kingdom of God would spread unseen?
(a) The Book of Revelation.
(b) The Book of James.
(c) The Book of Paul.
(d) The Book of Thomas.

5. What did Campbell say Medieval society was based on?
(a) Good and Evil.
(b) Repentance and Hope.
(c) Compassion and Love.
(d) Fall and Redemption.

6. What did the priest become when the Roman Catholic Mass was translated?
(a) A beacon of hope.
(b) An authority.
(c) An intermdiary.
(d) A leader.

7. What did 'tat tvam asi' mean?
(a) God will rule.
(b) Love is here.
(c) That is you.
(d) This will pass.

8. What did the yin yang represent?
(a) The connection of good and bad.
(b) All things being part of one process.
(c) All things being separated.
(d) The life span of a God.

9. What did Campbell say promoted mathematics in education?
(a) Religion.
(b) Mythology.
(c) Education.
(d) Truency.

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

11. What must humans do to create new symbols in life?
(a) Look within themselves.
(b) Anticipate the future.
(c) All of these.
(d) Study the past.

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

13. What did Campbell say were the main categories of God?
(a) None of these.
(b) Immortal and Mortal.
(c) Omnipotent and Omniscient.
(d) Being and nonbeing.

14. What religion did Sri Ramakrishna follow?
(a) Buddhism.
(b) Paragnism.
(c) Christianity.
(d) Hinduism.

15. What two trees did Paul see a connection between?
(a) The tree of life and the tree of death.
(b) The tree of the Fall and the tree of the Cross.
(c) The tree of the Crucifixion and the tree of life.
(d) The tree of knowledge and the tree of evil.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Campbell say concentrated on the denotative meaning of metaphors?

2. How were gurus attracting young Westerners?

3. What did Campbell say was the third function served by Mythology?

4. What did Campbell say Mythology was supposed to awaken?

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

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