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

2. Who did Campbell say concentrated on the denotative meaning of metaphors?
(a) Children.
(b) Scholars.
(c) Priests.
(d) Theologans.

3. Who did Campbell say people want to submit to?
(a) A higher power.
(b) Themselves.
(c) A loving person.
(d) Their fathers.

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

5. What did Campbell say had to happen for a heart to awaken?
(a) Find compassion.
(b) Seek for meaning.
(c) Identify with others.
(d) All of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say promoted mathematics in education?

2. What did Campbell say people cannot view at a glance?

3. What kind of experiences did Campbell say led to rapture?

4. What did half of the people in religion say was truth?

5. How did Campbell say people could answer the metaphysical call?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the Japanese idea about individuals, and what was the comparison made there?

3. What did Campbell say was the second function of metaphor?

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

5. What did the yin-yang represent?

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

7. What formed the mystery of the Orient?

8. What did Campbell say Westerners were yearning for?

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

10. What did Shive personify?

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