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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of religion is Hinduism considered?
(a) A World Religion.
(b) An Ethnic Religion.
(c) A Historical Religion.
(d) A Literal Religion.

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

3. How did Campbell respond in question and answer situations?
(a) He was eager to answer them all.
(b) He answered too intricately.
(c) He got easily annoyed.
(d) He was bored.

4. What kind of Karma is often found in Indian mythology?
(a) Cyclic.
(b) Counter-intuitive.
(c) Reciporical.
(d) Reproductive.

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

6. Who did Jesus see before going into the wilderness on his fast?
(a) Herrod.
(b) John the Baptist.
(c) The Greatest teacher.
(d) His apostles.

7. What is the form of the Upanishads God?
(a) The Soul.
(b) The Earth.
(c) The Sun.
(d) The Ocean.

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

9. What kind of Medieval man was hesitant to trust Mother Nature?
(a) Desert nomads.
(b) Romans.
(c) Christians.
(d) Pagans.

10. What did Jung say was the most important religious document?
(a) The Bible.
(b) The Dedication of the Shroud of Turin.
(c) The Roman Catholic Dogma of the Assumption.
(d) The Appocrypha.

11. What marked the first known sacred spaces?
(a) Special pottery.
(b) Cave drawings.
(c) Manuscripts.
(d) Maps.

12. What did Campbell say caused men to see there were no horizons?
(a) Mythology.
(b) Space.
(c) History.
(d) The ocean.

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

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

15. What age did Campbell say would challenge literal interpretations?
(a) The Industrial Age.
(b) The Modern Age.
(c) The Space Age.
(d) The Dark Ages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say would help men learn transcendence?

2. What did the Jews think would happen when the Messiah came?

3. What did Campbell say mattered most of all in religious matters?

4. What did Paul say Christ redeemed man from?

5. What was the first God of Evil on record called?

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