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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did James Joyce call terror?
(a) A path to the truth.
(b) A test of the believers.
(c) A doorway to understanding.
(d) A static experience of the sublime.

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

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

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

7. Who did Campbell say people want to submit to?
(a) A higher power.
(b) A loving person.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Their fathers.

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

9. What country did Campbell talk about at the beginning of Chapter 2?
(a) Iran.
(b) Turkey.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

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

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

12. Why were Osiris and Set created?
(a) To explain the origin of the sun.
(b) To honor a great leader.
(c) To create respect for priests.
(d) So people could meditate on Jesus.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Campbell say Christianity did to salvation?

3. How did Campbell describe meditation?

4. How did Campbell say people could answer the metaphysical call?

5. What did the yin yang represent?

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