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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the intermediate institution for Jews?

2. What is the Jewish name for God?

3. What did Campbell say had to happen for a heart to awaken?

4. What did Campbell say myths were products of?

5. What did Campbell say allowed participation with the infinite?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Campbell describe myths?

3. What did Semitic traditions require that others did not, and why?

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

5. What did Campbell say allowed radiance in life?

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

7. What did Campbell say metaphors truly described?

8. What did Campbell say Mythology's religious function was?

9. What did Campbell say Westerners were yearning for?

10. How did Sri Ramakrishna open conversations?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did Campbell say were the main differences between Mythology and Religion, and why were they included in this book?

Essay Topic 2

What were some of the analogies Paul used when teaching about Christ, and how did they affect the audiences who heard them?

Essay Topic 3

Science was a major theme in this book. Where did it appear, and how was it used to further the informational tone of the book?

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