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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 kind of Medieval man was hesitant to trust Mother Nature?

2. What did men cling to during the Passover?

3. What was the solar mystery?

4. Why were there ancient drawings of Jesus with an animal head?

5. What does the Tristan say cannot be separated?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Jung call the most significant religious document, and why?

2. What did Campbell say was the second law of life?

3. How did Buddha die?

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

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

6. What is the Sumerian story of the creation?

7. What did the Passover coincide with, according to Campbell?

8. Who did the Mayans worship with a cross?

9. What was important about Chartres?

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

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

How were science and religion connected in medieval times, and how does this differ from our current society?

Essay Topic 3

What were some of the different reasons given for the death of Christ, and how did these affect Campbell's ideas about Christianity?

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