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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 did Eckhart say was the best thing God did for man?

2. What is the Jewish name for God?

3. What did Mythology teach people to respect?

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

5. Why did Campbell say moral law brought no security?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Shive personify?

2. How did the Shinto religion differ from most Western religions?

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

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

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

6. Why did Campbell say it was useful to study many different religious traditions?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the most important facets of the Jewish culture, and why did Campbell think this culture was so important in history?

Essay Topic 2

What is literalism, and how did this concept affect the progression of religious ideas?

Essay Topic 3

What role does mythology play in the medieval society, and where does it appear? How was the culture altered by the presence of this mythology?

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