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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Kennedy's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Reporter.
(c) Editor.
(d) Publisher.

2. Who declared Buddha a beloved son?
(a) The Rain Bringer.
(b) The Earth Goddess.
(c) The River Serpent.
(d) The Sun Holder.

3. What kind of book was Kings?
(a) Theological.
(b) Historical.
(c) Narrative.
(d) Legendary.

4. What did Thomas Merton study?
(a) Symbols.
(b) Literature.
(c) Mythology.
(d) Theology.

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

6. What did Campbell say Freud did to mythology?
(a) Muddled things.
(b) Brought things to light.
(c) Developed morals.
(d) Destroyed ideas.

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

8. Who taught of a God of Light?
(a) Zeuss.
(b) Zodiac.
(c) Zoroaster.
(d) Zomnipall.

9. What does the Tristan say cannot be separated?
(a) Man and God.
(b) Suffering and bliss.
(c) Darkness and light.
(d) Good and evil.

10. Who first had the idea of a Messiah to bring the end of times?
(a) Hinduisms.
(b) Persians.
(c) Buddhists.
(d) Jews.

11. What kind of head did Set have, in ancient art?
(a) A fish.
(b) An ass.
(c) A dog.
(d) A bird.

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

13. Which of Arthur's knights suggested going separately into the forest?
(a) Lancelot.
(b) Galahad.
(c) Morgaine.
(d) Gawain.

14. Who found Vyasa as a baby?
(a) A fisherman.
(b) A priest.
(c) A God.
(d) A milkmaid.

15. Who was in the burning bush?
(a) God.
(b) Osiris.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Abraham.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long did Jesus fast in the desert?

2. What is the form of the Upanishads God?

3. What was Mithra born from?

4. According to the Catholics, what must happen for one to be resurrected?

5. What kind of Medieval man was hesitant to trust Mother Nature?

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