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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 other half of people in religion say about what half of the people said was truth?
(a) They were not to be trusted.
(b) They were useful.
(c) They were lies.
(d) They were teaching tools.

2. What did Campbell say made narratives complex?
(a) Characters.
(b) Morals.
(c) Philosophical debates.
(d) Literary devices.

3. What ceased the power of what Campbell said connected people to the infinite?
(a) Changes in time.
(b) Literary figures.
(c) Historical events.
(d) Scientific discoveries.

4. What did Campbell say scholars missed when studying facts?
(a) The truth.
(b) The ineffable.
(c) The other explanations.
(d) The spiritual nature of things.

5. What did Campbell say humans were to the Earth?
(a) Children.
(b) Sense organs.
(c) Proof.
(d) Histories.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say were the main categories of God?

2. What did Western religions pit against each other?

3. Who saw religion as a protection from experience?

4. What did Campbell say was a lie?

5. What did Campbell say the Bible was a depiction of?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What about men did Western religions think needed purification?

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

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

6. When did Campbell start talking about his ideas of myth being a lie?

7. How did Campbell say gurus were attracting Western youth?

8. What did Campbell say would bring victory over patriarchal provincialism?

9. What formed the mystery of the Orient?

10. What did Campbell say caused the fall of the Medieval society?

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