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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 should not be comfortable in church?
(a) Desires.
(b) Seats.
(c) Feelings.
(d) Consciences.

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

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

4. What did Campbell say made narratives complex?
(a) Literary devices.
(b) Morals.
(c) Philosophical debates.
(d) Characters.

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

6. 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.

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

8. What did Jesus not fear in his life, according to Campbell?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Pain.
(c) Death.
(d) Success.

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

10. Who said the Kingdom of God would spread unseen?
(a) Paul.
(b) Peter.
(c) Thomas.
(d) Jesus.

11. What did Campbell say scholars missed when studying facts?
(a) The ineffable.
(b) The other explanations.
(c) The truth.
(d) The spiritual nature of things.

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

13. How did Campbell say religious metaphors should be understood?
(a) Through interpretation.
(b) Through meditation.
(c) By denotation.
(d) By connotation.

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

15. What should well-functioning mythologies produce?
(a) All of these.
(b) Awe.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Gratitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?

2. What did Campbell say humans were to the Earth?

3. What did Mythology teach people to respect?

4. What did Campbell say caused Martin Luther King Jr.'s death?

5. What did Campbell say ruined the poetry in the Bible?

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