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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 protect his people.
(b) To incite a war.
(c) To expand his power.
(d) To escape death.

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

3. What was the myth of the cave associated with?
(a) The Autumn Equinox.
(b) The Spring Equinox.
(c) The Winter Solstice.
(d) The Summer Solstice.

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

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

6. What was the first country to establish a Goddess cult?
(a) Iceland.
(b) Japan.
(c) India.
(d) Sumeria.

7. What was the first God of Evil on record called?
(a) Lucifer.
(b) Hades.
(c) The Deceiver.
(d) The Devil.

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

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

10. 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.

11. Why did educated men misread ancient texts?
(a) They only had half the language.
(b) They took symbols at face value.
(c) They did not understand the symbology.
(d) They thought myths were lies.

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

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

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

15. What kind of creator was common in Indian mythology?
(a) Ambivilent.
(b) Loving.
(c) Vengeful.
(d) Courteous.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Kennedy's occupation?

2. What did Heracles kill from his crib?

3. Whose life line is similar to Buddha's?

4. What did the Egyptians think of the tongue and teeth?

5. What kind of religion is Hinduism considered?

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