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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the Jews think would happen when the Messiah came?
(a) A war.
(b) The end of the world.
(c) A crucifixion.
(d) A renewal of peace.

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

3. What did people in Medieval Europe strive for?
(a) Love and marriage.
(b) Money and wealth.
(c) Individual quests.
(d) Respect and honor.

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

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

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

7. Who declared Buddha a beloved son?
(a) The Rain Bringer.
(b) The River Serpent.
(c) The Sun Holder.
(d) The Earth Goddess.

8. What did men cling to during the Passover?
(a) The past.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their blessings.
(d) The future.

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

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

11. Who was in the burning bush?
(a) Jesus.
(b) God.
(c) Abraham.
(d) Osiris.

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

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

14. What did Paul say Christ redeemed man from?
(a) The curse of the law.
(b) The temptation of the devil.
(c) The effects of the Fall.
(d) The influence of the Natural Man.

15. What kind of religion was Shinto considered?
(a) A Literal Religion.
(b) A World Religion.
(c) A Historical Religion.
(d) An Ethnic Religion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Sumarian God need when he created man?

2. How did Campbell define transcendence?

3. Who does the Kabbala say men should marry?

4. What is the form of the Upanishads God?

5. Why were there ancient drawings of Jesus with an animal head?

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