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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose life line is similar to Buddha's?
(a) Paul's.
(b) Mohammed's.
(c) Jesus's.
(d) Shinto's.

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

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

4. Who does the Kabbala say men should marry?
(a) Their heavenly siblings.
(b) Their divine partner.
(c) Their companion.
(d) Their other half.

5. Why did Campbell not like preachers to explain symbols?
(a) There is not one meaning to symbols.
(b) The people should discover them on their own.
(c) The symbols should speak for themselves.
(d) They are not an authority.

6. Who was the first infant to be adopted into a royal family?
(a) Hercules.
(b) Set.
(c) Jacob.
(d) Moses.

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

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

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

10. According to the Catholics, what must happen for one to be resurrected?
(a) They must be purified.
(b) They must have faith.
(c) They must be crucified.
(d) They must belong to the Church.

11. What did the procession of the equinoxes create?
(a) A new calendar.
(b) The zodiac.
(c) The myth of Zeuss.
(d) Astrology.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say Easter called men to?

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

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

4. What did Heracles kill from his crib?

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

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