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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Buddha give up when he became a leader?
(a) Wealth.
(b) All of these.
(c) Peace.
(d) Seclusion.

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

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

4. What did Campbell say needed to stop being fragmented?
(a) Religious symbols.
(b) All of these.
(c) World mythology.
(d) Dead languages.

5. Where did Mithra's cult flourish?
(a) Alexandria.
(b) Babylon.
(c) Rome.
(d) Jerusalem.

6. What did the Devil tempt Christ with?
(a) Vanity.
(b) All of these.
(c) Spiritual power.
(d) Monetary wealth.

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

8. What did Campbell say mythology was a language of?
(a) Ignorance.
(b) Truth.
(c) Education.
(d) Religious experience.

9. Why did Campbell say men created myths?
(a) All of these.
(b) To preach truth.
(c) To pass on history.
(d) To remember stories.

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

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

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

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

14. What did Heracles kill from his crib?
(a) Ox.
(b) Birds.
(c) Brigands.
(d) Serpents.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What historical event happened at Qumran?

2. What was the myth of the cave associated with?

3. What kind of book was Kings?

4. What universal motif applies to the story of Moses?

5. What was Kennedy's occupation?

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