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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Krishna sent across the river?
(a) To escape death.
(b) To incite a war.
(c) To protect his people.
(d) To expand his power.

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

3. What did Medieval festivals often correlate with?
(a) Storm sequences.
(b) Times of bounty.
(c) Times of war.
(d) Seasonal cycles.

4. Which country held some agricultural mythology?
(a) All of these.
(b) Sumeria.
(c) Babylon.
(d) Iceland.

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

6. How did Campbell define transcendence?
(a) Moving beyond something.
(b) Learning about the past.
(c) Shedding sinful ways.
(d) Finding an identity.

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

8. What did the Sumarian God need when he created man?
(a) A friend.
(b) A child.
(c) A gardener.
(d) A pet.

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

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

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

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

13. What myth did the story of Jacob and Esau follow?
(a) Venus and Mars.
(b) Osiris and Set.
(c) Zeuss and Pluto.
(d) Finn and Kinn.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the Kabbala say men should marry?

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

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

4. What kind of Karma is often found in Indian mythology?

5. What kind of religion is Christianity considered?

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