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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What marks Christianity as a true religion?
(a) It has historical evidence.
(b) It has a creed.
(c) It has a canon of scripture.
(d) It has a following.

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

3. Who began the cycle of the patriarchs?
(a) Adam.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Moses.
(d) Isaac.

4. Where did Vyasa's father leave his seed?
(a) In a river.
(b) On a rock.
(c) On a leaf.
(d) In a dead woman.

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

6. Who was Jesus teaching when he was missing from his parents?
(a) Children.
(b) Beggars.
(c) Wise men.
(d) Priests.

7. What two images show re-birth?
(a) The stars and the moon.
(b) The seed and the tree.
(c) The river and the ocean.
(d) The sun and the moon.

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

9. How did Campbell describe marriage?
(a) A sacrifice.
(b) A love affair.
(c) A lifestyle.
(d) A choice.

10. Why were there ancient drawings of Jesus with an animal head?
(a) It denoted him as a Jew.
(b) It was symbolic of strength.
(c) It was a common misconception of the time.
(d) It was an insult to Christians.

11. What did Campbell say was the most symbolic part of the Crucifixion?
(a) Christ being a God.
(b) Mary as a mortal.
(c) The crown of thorns.
(d) The Cross.

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

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

14. Which of these did Campbell say causes panic in people?
(a) Seeing they are too similar to others.
(b) Not being a part of something.
(c) All of these.
(d) Being betrayed.

15. What did Campbell say diverse traditions expressed?
(a) A single experience.
(b) A new inspiration.
(c) A higher power.
(d) A source of salvation.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these showed the commonality in human beliefs?

2. What did Campbell say caused men to see there were no horizons?

3. Why did Campbell say men created myths?

4. What myth did the story of Jacob and Esau follow?

5. What did Jung say was the most important religious document?

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