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

2. What did Campbell say formed the mystery of the Orient?
(a) Maps and legends.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Compassion.
(d) Lost scripture.

3. What were some clergy unable to interpret?
(a) Codes.
(b) Analogies.
(c) Language.
(d) Symbols.

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

5. What did Campbell say every man had to follow?
(a) Their own path.
(b) The future.
(c) The plan of God.
(d) Their heart.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Campbell say almost all religions have in common?

3. What was the intermediate institution for Christians?

4. What did Campbell say was an underlying definition of Mythology?

5. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Campbell like visiting Japan so much?

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

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

6. How did Sri Ramakrishna open conversations?

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

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

9. What did Campbell say most Western religions caused, and why?

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

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