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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Campbell not like preachers to explain symbols?
(a) There is not one meaning to symbols.
(b) The people should discover them on their own.
(c) They are not an authority.
(d) The symbols should speak for themselves.

2. What movie was discussed in the Appendix?
(a) Space Explorers.
(b) ET.
(c) Close Encounters of a Third Kind.
(d) The Planet of the Apes.

3. What did Campbell say would help men learn transcendence?
(a) Suffering.
(b) The Bible.
(c) Poetry.
(d) Love.

4. What did Campbell say was the main benefit of groupings?
(a) Diversity.
(b) Individuality.
(c) Moral values.
(d) Unity.

5. What must be shared for myths to be derived?
(a) Creativity.
(b) Experience.
(c) Symbolism.
(d) Pain.

6. What historical event happened at Qumran?
(a) Jesus announced himself.
(b) All of these.
(c) Mary spoke of her son.
(d) John baptized people.

7. Who did the creator in Indian mythology punish?
(a) Nobody.
(b) The wicked.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The heathens.

8. What horrible thing did King Kansa order?
(a) A holocaust.
(b) A mass murder of priests.
(c) Rape of women.
(d) Infanticide.

9. What did the Egyptians think of the tongue and teeth?
(a) They were sexual.
(b) They were necessary.
(c) They were ornamental.
(d) They were sensory.

10. Who was the first infant to be adopted into a royal family?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Moses.
(c) Set.
(d) Jacob.

11. What did Dimmittis say one must do in order to die happily?
(a) Have children.
(b) Learn wisdom.
(c) Live a good life.
(d) See the Savior.

12. What universal motif applies to the story of Moses?
(a) The rise of a leader.
(b) The Hero's journey.
(c) The call to duty.
(d) The fight between good and evil.

13. What did the procession of the equinoxes create?
(a) The zodiac.
(b) Astrology.
(c) A new calendar.
(d) The myth of Zeuss.

14. What was the myth of the cave associated with?
(a) The Winter Solstice.
(b) The Autumn Equinox.
(c) The Summer Solstice.
(d) The Spring Equinox.

15. What was the first country to establish a Goddess cult?
(a) Japan.
(b) Iceland.
(c) India.
(d) Sumeria.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Paul say Christ redeemed man from?

2. Who was in the burning bush?

3. What kind of creator was common in Indian mythology?

4. How many creation stories are in Genesis?

5. How did Campbell respond in question and answer situations?

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