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

2. What did 'tat tvam asi' mean?
(a) Love is here.
(b) This will pass.
(c) That is you.
(d) God will rule.

3. What did Campbell say religion was often mistaken for?
(a) Truth.
(b) History.
(c) Science.
(d) Mythology.

4. What must fall away for people to grasp the truth, according to Campbell?
(a) The metaphysical covers.
(b) The masks of God.
(c) The religious devotions.
(d) The mythological texts.

5. What did Campbell say were the main categories of God?
(a) Immortal and Mortal.
(b) Omnipotent and Omniscient.
(c) Being and nonbeing.
(d) None of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were gurus attracting young Westerners?

2. What did Campbell say humans were to the Earth?

3. What caused the fall of the Medieval society, according to Campbell?

4. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?

5. What ceased the power of what Campbell said connected people to the infinite?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Campbell like visiting Japan so much?

3. What was the difference cited between gurus and Arthurian knights?

4. What happened when the Roman Catholic Mass was translated?

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

6. What did Shive personify?

7. What did Campbell say corrupted the poetry of the Bible?

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

9. Where did Campbell say most Western religions came from?

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

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