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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 was Kennedy's occupation?
(a) Reporter.
(b) Publisher.
(c) Editor.
(d) Writer.

2. What did Campbell say caused men to see there were no horizons?
(a) Mythology.
(b) History.
(c) The ocean.
(d) Space.

3. What must be shared for myths to be derived?
(a) Symbolism.
(b) Creativity.
(c) Pain.
(d) Experience.

4. What kind of religion was Shinto considered?
(a) A Historical Religion.
(b) A Literal Religion.
(c) An Ethnic Religion.
(d) A World Religion.

5. What did Heracles kill from his crib?
(a) Serpents.
(b) Brigands.
(c) Ox.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Campbell say Passover called men to?

2. According to the Catholics, what must happen for one to be resurrected?

3. How many creation stories are in Genesis?

4. What marks Christianity as a true religion?

5. What did Thomas Merton study?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a Jewish philosopher say a man might get to know God?

2. Who did the Mayans worship with a cross?

3. What is the Sumerian story of the creation?

4. Why did Campbell say humans began creating myths?

5. What was important about Chartres?

6. What did Campbell say a lot of history was created by?

7. What is the theory of Christ's death that involves fishing?

8. Where did Campbell say many of our modern Easter symbols came from?

9. What did Campbell think the Space Age did to religious ideals?

10. What did Campbell say was the first law of life?

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