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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the priest become when the Roman Catholic Mass was translated?
(a) An authority.
(b) A leader.
(c) An intermdiary.
(d) A beacon of hope.

2. What did Campbell say was the third function served by Mythology?
(a) Perceiving the mystery of time and space.
(b) Carrying individuals through life's crises.
(c) Supporting moral order in society.
(d) Alligning consciousness to the mysteries of the universe.

3. What did Campbell say the Bible was a depiction of?
(a) A journey of the soul.
(b) The way to manage society.
(c) The battle between good and evil.
(d) A good world falling.

4. What must humans do to create new symbols in life?
(a) All of these.
(b) Study the past.
(c) Look within themselves.
(d) Anticipate the future.

5. Who said the Kingdom of God would spread unseen?
(a) Peter.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Paul.
(d) Thomas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should well-functioning mythologies produce?

2. What kind of religion was seen as a protection from experience?

3. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?

4. Why were Osiris and Set created?

5. What did Campbell say the Earth was a precipitation of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Campbell say Mythology's religious function was?

2. What did Semitic traditions require that others did not, and why?

3. What did Campbell say Westerners were yearning for?

4. What did Campbell say was the third function of metaphor?

5. How did the Shinto religion differ from most Western religions?

6. What did Shive personify?

7. What did Campbell say was the first function of metaphor?

8. What did Campbell say was the fourth function of metaphor?

9. What was the metaphor used by Paul to describe the crucifixion?

10. How did Campbell say people in the world viewed metaphor?

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