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

2. What did Campbell say every man had to follow?
(a) The future.
(b) Their heart.
(c) The plan of God.
(d) Their own path.

3. Who was enthroned between Isis and Hermes in a painting?
(a) Moses.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Elijah.

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

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

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

7. What was the intermediate institution for Jews?
(a) A covenant.
(b) A feast.
(c) A synagogue.
(d) A mystical union with God.

8. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?
(a) Judgment.
(b) All of these.
(c) Estrangement.
(d) Alienation.

9. What did Campbell say religion was often mistaken for?
(a) Truth.
(b) Science.
(c) Mythology.
(d) History.

10. Who did Campbell say concentrated on the concrete meaning of metaphors?
(a) Theologans.
(b) Children.
(c) Priests.
(d) Scholars.

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

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

13. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?
(a) The beliefs were questioned.
(b) The ideas were proved wrong.
(c) The leaders died.
(d) The young generation was proud.

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

15. What kind of religion was seen as a protection from experience?
(a) Ritualistic.
(b) Formal.
(c) Agnostic.
(d) Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Osiris and Set created?

2. Who asked Campbell about what he thought was a lie?

3. What did translating the Roman Catholic Mass cause?

4. What should well-functioning mythologies produce?

5. What did Campbell say about the two neighboring lands of the country talked about in Chapter 2?

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