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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 American did Campbell compare Mary to?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Martin Luther King Jr.
(d) George Washington.

2. How did Campbell define transcendence?
(a) Moving beyond something.
(b) Finding an identity.
(c) Shedding sinful ways.
(d) Learning about the past.

3. What was the first country to establish a Goddess cult?
(a) Japan.
(b) Iceland.
(c) Sumeria.
(d) India.

4. What kind of Medieval man was hesitant to trust Mother Nature?
(a) Christians.
(b) Romans.
(c) Desert nomads.
(d) Pagans.

5. What did men cling to during the Passover?
(a) Their family.
(b) The future.
(c) The past.
(d) Their blessings.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many creation stories are in Genesis?

2. What must be shared for myths to be derived?

3. What did the Egyptians think of the tongue and teeth?

4. What was the myth of the cave associated with?

5. What did Campbell say mythology was a language of?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Campbell say men should study Genesis and Exodus in the Bible?

3. What is the Sumerian story of the creation?

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

5. Who were the Medieval cathedrals dedicated to, and why?

6. What is Kundalini?

7. What significance did the Tower of Babel have on history?

8. What were Campbell's early religious roots?

9. How was Buddha able to cross the river, and what happened afterward?

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

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